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Venezuela leader gets emergency powers, rivals vow ouster
http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-opposition-speeds-bid-oust-president-162056508.htmlCaracas (AFP) - Venezuela's opposition on Friday vowed to speed up efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro after he defied lawmakers by securing emergency powers to intervene in the crisis-hit oil state's economy.
The maneuvers intensified a political standoff that has raised fears of unrest and deepening economic suffering in the oil-rich, violence-plagued South American state.
The Supreme Court on Thursday overruled opposition from lawmakers by approving Maduro's decree to place the country in a 60-day state of economic emergency.
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"In the next few days we will have to present a concrete proposal for the departure of that national disgrace that is the government," the opposition leader of the National Assembly legislature, Henry Ramos, told a news conference Friday.
Maduro's decree gives his administration special temporary powers to take over private companies' resources and impose currency controls among other measures.
