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Armed with cooking pots in a potent symbol of Venezuela's chronic food shortage, thousands took to the streets Saturday in the latest public rally against the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
The protest, which fell on International Women's Day, consisted mostly of female demonstrators who noisily clanged their cookware to show their discontent over scarcity of basic goods and insecurity they say has become a part of daily life.
"There is nothing, nothing, nothing," read a placard carried by one protester fed up with stores that habitually run out of provisions -- despite this nation's vast oil wealth.
By midday, more than 2,000 demonstrators had assembled in the capital Caracas, with many more expected.
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