2016

On 13 May 2016 a

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was declared in

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. The details of this emergency condition were not explained by Maduro but he mentioned conspiracy within the country and from an

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country and the

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to overthrow the

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government. The last state of emergency occurred in 2015 due to issues near the Colombian border, resulting in the suspension of constitutional guarantees and the

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Rationale

Maduro accused the United States of fomenting a hidden coup against his government. On May 13, Friday night, state television broadcast statements by Maduro saying: "

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is activating measures at the request of Venezuela’s fascist right, who are emboldened by the coup in

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." According to Maduro's opinion, the impeachment process against Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff is a sign that shows he was the next one. In a meeting with the Council of Ministers Maduro stated that the state of emergency decree is directed against "oligarchical parasites and speculators".

Responses

The opposition-dominated

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started a process to recall Maduro as president, citing as motives bad conditions such as food and medicine shortages, power cuts, looting and increasing of inflation rate, along with complaints of corruption, drug trafficking and human rights violations.

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, opposition lawmaker, said: "Today Maduro has again violated the constitution. Why? Because he is scared of being recalled." In the lead up to the declaration, United States intelligence officials told reporters that they were worried about an economic and political crisis in Venezuela, predicting that Maduro would not complete his presidency. They added: "You can hear the ice cracking. You know there's a crisis coming."

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2016

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