(CNN)Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro barricaded the streets in Caracas for a 24-hour strike as clashes intensified, the death toll from months of unrest neared 100 and cracks appeared in the government’s public face abroad. The government condemned the referendum as illegal, instead calling for a July 30 vote to elect a special assembly to rewrite the 1999 constitution. He said he had been at odds with the government for months but had not resigned earlier because his passport had expired and he was waiting to renew it. “I am in the UN, was working in the UN because […]