Unrest And Violence Escalates In Venezuela

<div style="text-align: center;"><object data="http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=280337763&edition=BETAUS" height="259" id="rcomVideo_280337763" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="460"> <param name='movie' value='http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=280337763&edition=BETAUS'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=280337763&edition=BETAUS' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always' width='460' height='259' wmode='transparent'></embed> </object></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Violence Escalates In Divided Venezuela -- Reuters</b></span></div><br />(Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces and demonstrators faced off in streets blocked by burning barricades in several cities on Thursday in an escalation of protests against President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government, witnesses said.<br /><br />At least five people have died since the unrest turned violent last week, with scores of injuries and arrests.<br /><br />The demonstrators, mainly students, blame the government for violent crime, high inflation, product shortages and alleged repression of opponents.<br /><br />In affluent east Caracas overnight, security forces fired teargas and bullets, chasing youths who threw Molotov cocktails and blocked streets with burning trash, witnesses said.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/20/us-venezuela-protests-idUSBREA1J1BX20140220">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="363" scrolling="no" src="http://english.share.voanews.eu/flashembed.aspx?t=vid&id=1855176&w=640&h=363&skin=embeded" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On The Unrest In Venezuela</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/president-nicolas-maduro-sends-army-venezuelan-state-amid-crackdown-1556969">President Nicolás Maduro Sends Army To Venezuelan State Amid Crackdown</a> -- IBTimes<br /><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/02/violent-protests-escalate-venezuela-201422020613529913.html">Violent protests escalate in Venezuela </a>-- Al Jazeera<br /><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/world/latin-america/2014/02/20/tense-venezuela-awaits-ruling-opposition-leader/3N3htG7CeTHSoVyE8wGpaP/story.html">Venezuela opposition denounces 'brutal repression'</a> -- AP<br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/protests-grip-venezuela-/1855178.html">Protests Grip Venezuela</a> -- Voice of America<br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/20/world/americas/venezuela-protests/">Murder charges against Venezuela opposition leader dropped</a> -- CNN<br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-02-19/venezuelan-protests-turn-violent-as-lopez-faces-arraignment">Venezuela to Keep Opposition Leader Jailed Amid Protests </a>-- Bloomberg Businessweek<br /><a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765648084/Opposition-leader-faces-charges-in-tense-Venezuela.html">Opposition leader faces charges in tense Venezuela; violence heats up</a> -- AP<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/jailed-leader-channels-venezuelans-ire/2014/02/19/d4eb20ee-997f-11e3-b1de-e666d78c3937_story.html">Jailed leader channels Venezuelans’ ire</a> -- Washington Post<br /><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/venezuelan-beauty-quee-fatally-shot-head-protest-article-1.1620304">Venezuelan beauty queen Genesis Carmona, 22, fatally shot in head during protest </a>-- New York Daily News<br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/20/280019048/in-venezuela-another-beauty-queens-death-adds-to-anger">In Venezuela, Another Beauty Queen's Death Adds To Anger</a> -- NPR<br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-20/leopoldo-lopez-the-venezuela-oppositions-new-hero">Leopoldo López, the Charismatic Face of Venezuela's Opposition</a> -- Bloomberg Businessweek<br /><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21596945-after-opposition-leader-arrested-violence-continues-unabated-tale-two-prisoners">Protests in Venezuela: A tale of two prisoners</a> -- Economist<br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/20/world/americas/venezuela-qa/">Venezuela: What's the crisis about?</a> -- Faith Karimi and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN <br /><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2014/02/nicolas_maduro_s_venezuela_erupts_in_violence_the_venezuelan_president_appears.html">Venezuela Erupts</a> -- William J. Dobson, Slate

Unrest And Violence Escalates In Venezuela

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