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Venezuelan opposition gets paperwork to start Maduro recall drive

CARACAS, Apr 26 (Reuters) Venezuela's elections council today agreed to give opposition leaders a document allowing them to begin the process of seeking a referendum to remove President Nicolas Maduro, who is facing criticism over a deepening economic crisis.
Triple-digit inflation, Soviet-style production shortages and a severe recession have made the socialist leader broadly unpopular, and the opposition's decisive victory in legislative elections last year has emboldened it to push for a recall vote.
Opposition legislators chained themselves to the council's office last week to protest its failure to provide the paperwork for the first step toward collecting the nearly 4 million signatures needed to trigger the referendum.
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