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31/03/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Venezuelan President Faces Angry Opposition

Powerful ally of the Venezuelan president has rebuked him for shutting down parliament

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is facing protests in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, and a sharp rebuke from a former ally, the country's powerful attorney general, Luisa Ortega. She has condemned a move by the Supreme Court to suspend the powers of the opposition-controlled National Assembly.   

Also in the programme: Anger in South Africa over the sacking of the country's finance minister and good news for elephants as China closes down ivory factories and shops.

(Photo: Venezuelan opposition activists march in Caracas chanting slogans against the government of President Nicolas Maduro Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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