With flags and posters in hand, thousands are protesting in Venezuela as a precursor to December 8 local elections.<br /> <br />Marching through Caracas, protesters say they're frustrated over surging inflation and product shortages.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) OPPOSITION PROTESTER, CELIDE ROMERO YEPEZ, SAYING:<br /> <br />"There is no milk, there is no bread flour, there is no sugar. There are olives, there are raisins but there is no milk. I've been looking for milk for a month and a half."<br /> <br />That's not all. Some are angry about the Enabling Act, passed by parliament this week, giving President Nicolas Maduro special power to rule by decree for 12 months.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) OPPOSITION PROTESTER, AMANDA OCHOA, SAYING:<br /> <br />"I am against the Enabling Act that has been shamelessly given to him (Maduro) and I will stay in the street as much as I can because I am fighting for my children, for my family, here in the street."<br /> <br />The protests came hours after opposition leader Henrique
