News Exercise #184

1. What do the participants call this?
2. What are the protesters calling for?
3. What did the president accuse the opposition and protesters of?
4. What do many Venezuelans think is the situation of the country, and whom do they blame for this?

Answers:
1. What do the participants call this?
“The mother of all protests”
2. What are the protesters calling for?
They are calling for new elections and the release of opposition politicians.
3. What did the president accuse the opposition and protesters of?
4. What do many Venezuelans think is the situation of the country, and whom do they blame for this?
They think it is on the verge of collapse. They blame the president and his predecessor.
He accused them of plotting a coup and of attacking police and looting shops.