Venezuela says four more held over anti-Maduro protests

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Venezuela says four more held over anti-Maduro protests

CARACAS Fri Feb 7, 2014 4:26pm EST

(Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday four people had been held following another rowdy anti-government protest, the latest in a spate of sporadic street demonstrations being fanned by hardline opposition parties.

That brought to nearly a dozen the number of reported detentions since two opposition leaders, Maria Corina Machado and Leopoldo Lopez, last week urged Venezuelans to take to the streets in an effort to force a change of government.

Seven people were arrested last weekend on charges of violence after scores of protesters converged on a hotel housing a Cuban baseball team on Margarita Island.

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Students in the western state of Tachira have been demonstrating this week and officials said one group of masked assailants attacked the residence of the pro-government governor, hurling objects and smashing security cameras.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/07/us-venezuela-arrests-idUSBREA161VG20140207

[mecherosegarden]

1. There was one student killed yesterday

And several other students sent to prison. The situation is becoming increasingly unstable there. The pictures I've seen about what is happening in Merida and Tachira are very , very disturbing. And the opposition is calling for a big protest on February 12th. Is not going to be pretty.