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    Venezuelan opposition vows to escalate protests after referendum

    Over seven million Venezuelans voted yesterday in a symbolic referendum to reject the Maduro government's plan to rewrite the country's constitution, this after three months of protests that have left 93 people dead and over fifteen hundred wounded. What's next for Venezuela's opposition coalition?

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    KCRW placeholderBy León Krauze • Jul 17, 2017 • 1 min read

    Over seven million Venezuelans voted yesterday in a symbolic referendum to reject the Maduro government's plan to rewrite the country's constitution, this after three months of protests that have left 93 people dead and over fifteen hundred wounded. What's next for Venezuela's opposition coalition? Alexandra Ulmer, who reports for Reuters in Venezuela, says the opposition has vowed to escalate its protests.

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      León Krauze

      national news anchor, Univision

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      Alexandra Ulmer

      Reuters

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    1 of 3
    The Senate healthcare bill nears the home stretch
    1. 1:22Venezuelan opposition vows to escalate protests after referendumYou’re reading this
    2. 7:58Healthcare nears the home stretch. Can it make it over the line?
    3. 41:03Roger Federer makes history with eight wins at Wimbledon
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