aljazeeraamerica: Venezuela protest death toll rises to 13 Anti-government demonstrators put up barr
aljazeeraamerica:Venezuela protest death toll rises to 13Anti-government demonstrators put up barricades and blocked streets in Caracas Monday despite calls from within the opposition to rein in protests that have led to 13 deaths in Venezuela’s worst unrest for a decade.Traffic in the capital slowed to a crawl and many people stayed home as protesters burned trash and piled debris along main avenues a day after opposition leader Henrique Capriles called on them to keep demonstrations peaceful.“We know we’re bothering people but we have to wake up Venezuela!” said Pablo Herrera, 23, a student next to a barricade in the affluent Los Palos Grandes district of Caracas.The demonstrations are the biggest challenge to President Nicolas Maduro’s 10-month-old government although there is no sign they could topple him or affect the OPEC member’s oil shipments. Venezuela is Latin America’s biggest exporter of crude oil and has the world’s largest petroleum reserves.Read more(Photo: RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images) -- source link
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