Venezuelan opposition takes to streets to demand high court shakeup | Reuters

By Corina Pons and Alexandra Ulmer | CARACAS CARACAS Protestors marched in cities around Venezuela on Thursday as the country's disparate opposition gained new impetus against a socialist government it blames for the country's social and economic collapse.The spark for this wave of demonstrations was a move last week by the Supreme Court to assume control of the country's opposition-led congress in what demonstrators said was a lurch toward dictatorship.While the widely condemned decision was quickly overturned, the opposition has stepped up street protests, despite them achieving little in the past."We live in a dictatorship, and the only way out of a dictatorship is to take to the streets," said 20-year-old student Victor Sanchez marching through the capital.The opposition is demanding the removal of seven Supreme Court justices who signed last week's sentence. Critics of President Nicolas Maduro accuse the government of stalling elections for state governors, which polls suggest would not go well for the ruling Socialist Party

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