Venezuelan protests kill two, injure 26
15 Feb 2014 4:38 AM IST
‘There will be no coup d’etat in Venezuela; you can rest assured. Democracy will continue, and the revolution will continue,’ Maduro said on national television.
‘I have given clear instructions to state security agencies to secure the country’s main cities. Anyone who goes out to try to carry out violence will be arrested.’
At least 30 people were arrested as rival protests linked to his country’s deepening economic crisis exploded into violence.
A pro-government demonstrator and two student protesters were killed as rallies both for and against Venezuela’s government escalated.
Unidentified assailants earlier fired into a rally outside the attorney general’s office in Caracas.
The OPEC member nation - with an institutionally socialist government dependent on oil revenues in a state-led system - sits atop the world’s largest proven reserves of crude. Yet its economy has been battered by inflation of more than 50 percent a year.
Venezuela has had economic problems go from bad to worse amid shortages of hard currency, while dwindling supplies of consumer goods have frustrated some government supporters.
‘I have given clear instructions to state security agencies to secure the country’s main cities. Anyone who goes out to try to carry out violence will be arrested.’
At least 30 people were arrested as rival protests linked to his country’s deepening economic crisis exploded into violence.
A pro-government demonstrator and two student protesters were killed as rallies both for and against Venezuela’s government escalated.
Unidentified assailants earlier fired into a rally outside the attorney general’s office in Caracas.
The OPEC member nation - with an institutionally socialist government dependent on oil revenues in a state-led system - sits atop the world’s largest proven reserves of crude. Yet its economy has been battered by inflation of more than 50 percent a year.
Venezuela has had economic problems go from bad to worse amid shortages of hard currency, while dwindling supplies of consumer goods have frustrated some government supporters.
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