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Venezuela: People show scant support for right’s ‘general strike’

A RIGHT-WING “general strike” held for 12 hours yesterday in a bid to put pressure on the socialist government drew little support from Venezuelans.

A handful of bosses closed their shops and traffic was a bit lighter in the capital Caracas but otherwise it was ignored.

“Your strike has failed,” the Socialist Party governor of Aragua state told leaders of the right-wing Mud coalition. “Nobody is going to support a coup.”

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