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Death toll in Venezuela protests hit to 105

Death toll in Venezuela protests hit to 105

Death toll in Venezuela protests hit to 105 — Venezuela has announced the death of Enderson Caldera, 23, in protests in the western town of Timotes, against the upcoming July 30 elections for the National Constituent Assembly. The prosecutor-general has counted at least 105 dead since early April. Both sides have blamed each other for the deaths, with the government accusing the MUD of hiring…

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After killing more than 100, Venezuela police now beat journalists in anti-Maduro protesters

After killing more than 100, Venezuela police now beat journalists in anti-Maduro protesters

After killing more than 100 people, Venezuela police now beat journalists during anti-Maduro protesters on Saturday. The Democratic Unity Roundtable coalition and a resistance movement launched protests in April, accusing Maduro of turning Venezuela into a dictatorship. The president says demonstrators seek a coup. Police have arrested more than 4,000 people, and thousands more have been injured,…

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Venezuelan prosecutor calls opposition leader's jailing a 'farce'

A Venezuelan prosecutor says he has fled the country with his family, accusing the leftist government of using "false evidence" to convict jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. Franklin Nieves made the accusations in a video posted Saturday on YouTube, in a blow to the leftist government of President Nicolas Maduro just weeks before crucial December 6 legislative elections. Protesters and government security forces clashed in the streets of major Venezuelan cities through June of last year, leaving a toll of 43 dead before they were finally suppressed. http://dlvr.it/CY8qh2

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By Rohan Chatterjee A year on from the death of Venezuela’s controversial socialist leader Hugo Chavez the country still find itself in the grip of political uncertainty (well, more so than usual). In recent months opposition groups have regularly taken to the streets in some cities to protest high inflation, insecurity and scarcity of basic goods, …

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and opposition coalition representatives agreed to hold talks on ending two months of anti-government protests that have left 39 people dead in their oil-rich nation. Since early February, 39 people have died in clashes between security forces and protesters angered by soaring crime, high inflation and shortages of such basic goods as toilet paper, which they blame on the socialist government led by Maduro. Maduro held preliminary talks Tuesday with the opposition coalition Democratic Unity Roundtable, or MUD by its initials in Spanish. But even as he agreed to talks and said he wanted peace, the populist leftist successor to Hugo Chavez warned there would be no change to his socialist model of government. Source: AFP