TOPSHOT - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addresses the all-powerful pro-Maduro assembly which has been placed over the National Assembly and tasked with rewriting the constitution, in Caracas on August 10, 2017.
Recent demonstrations in Venezuela have stemmed from anger over the installation of the all-powerful Constituent Assembly that many see as a power grab by the unpopular President Maduro. The dire economic situation also has stirred deep bitterness as people struggle with skyrocketing inflation and shortages of food and medicine.
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