Venezuelan opposition marches against Maduro; student killed

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https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN17L178


(Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces fired tear gas as demonstrators staged what they billed as the "mother of all marches" against President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday, and a student caught up in a clash died after being shot in the head.

Opposition supporters protested in Caracas and other cities, denouncing Maduro for eroding democracy and plunging the economy into chaos. Crowds swelled to hundreds of thousands, including Maduro supporters who held a counter-demonstration in the capital at the urging of the president.

The dueling marches drew parallels to the clashes between pro and anti-government protesters in 2002 that triggered a brief coup against late president Hugo Chavez.

Carlos Moreno, 18, a student, was on his way to play soccer in Caracas and did not plan to take part in the demonstration when government supporters approached an opposition gathering and fired shots, according to witnesses and a family member. Moreno was shot in the head, they said.

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1. Man, that's a LOT of paid CIA operatives. n/t

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2. Well, not all of them are CIA. Don't forget all of Alvaro

Uribe's paid infiltrators.

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4. It's her favorite government. She wants chavismo

For all of Latin America.