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Venezuela's Congress Orders Food Minister Sacked Over Shortages


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2016-04-29T012609Z_1_LYNXNPEC3S013_RTROPTP_2_VENEZUELA-ECONOMY.JPGVenezuela's opposition-dominated Congress on Thursday ordered the dismissal of Food Minister Rodolfo Marco over chronic shortages of staple goods that have become the primary complaint about President Nicolas Maduro's government. The opposition majority used a constitutional censure vote to order that Maduro dismiss Marco. "It cannot be that today in Venezuela, 3 million citizens eat less than twice a day, and the majority of them do not eat dairy, meat or eggs," said opposition deputy Carlos Paparoni.

 

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