Competing marches mark anniversary of Venezuela protest movement
Competing marches mark anniversary of Venezuela protest movement
Supporters and opponents of President Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government braved the rain to take to the streets a year after mass opposition protests began
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Two demonstrators, one with a shirt reading ‘Proudly chavista’ attend a march to commemorate the 201st
anniversary of ‘Batalla de la Victoria’ (Victory Battle), in Caracas on Thursday. Photograph: Miguel Gutiérrez/EPA
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An opposition demonstrator with a Statue of Liberty costume attends a march in Caracas.
Photograph: Miguel Gutiérrez/EPA
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Thursday 12 February 2015 16.55 EST
Friends and foes of Venezuela’s socialist government braved pouring rain on Thursday to stage duelling marches on the anniversary of the protest movement that racked the country last year.
A small group of students in Caracas rallied against the government near one of the country’s largest universities, but they were outnumbered by lines of riot police.
In a different part of town, a larger number of government supporters marched in a demonstration that President Nicolás Maduro was expected to attend. Dozens of government buses could be seen at the start of the route, indicating that some marchers were government workers brought in by officials.
Opposition leaders called masses of supporters into the street last February and violence stemming from the months of protests that followed left more than 40 people dead, including both Maduro supporters and opponents.
More:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/12/competing-marches-mark-anniversary-venezuela-protest-movement
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