As election protests break out across Venezuela, the question is can its economy cope.

Hello, you're listening to the Marketplace Morning Report and we're live from the BBC World Service.

I'm Leanna Byrne.

As you can hear, security forces have fired tear gas and rubbered bullets at protesters in Venezuela, demonstrating against Sunday's disputed election result.

President Nicholas Maduro, who was declared the winner, says his opponents are trying to

stage a coup.

One protester in the town of Barquisameto told the BBC why she's on the streets.

Hello my name is Victoria. All of Venezuela took the streets tired but we have more strength than ever to defend our will.

Because enough of the deceit, enough of the injustices of this abduction,

we want to continue with our dreams.

All this is for our country, Venezuela.

Now according to official results, Maduro won just over half the vote with his rival getting 44%, but many are questioning the fairness of the election.

It comes at a particularly bad time for Venezuela's economy, which is dealing with extreme inflation

and unstable power supplies, and that's fueling a migration crisis. The BBC Catherine Ellis says that's

one reason behind the protests. A lot of these are young people. A lot of these kids

were only going to school twice a week because there wasn't school.

A lot of their families have had to leave.

Nearly a quarter of the population is left.

They haven't seen some of their parents or their grandparents or their kids in years and they want

them to come back so people will definitely be out on the streets again today no

doubt. Catherine Alice there and these economic issues are frustrating for

Venezuelan's because it's got the world's largest

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