VENEZUELA WRACKED BY DEADLY PROTESTS
VENEZUELA WRACKED BY DEADLY PROTESTS: A demonstrator reacts as Molotov cocktails hit the ground in front of security forces during protests in Puerto La Cruz this week. Protesters took to the streets across Venezuela on Tuesday, demanding that President Nicolás Maduro acknowledge he lost Sunday's election to the opposition, as a major international observer concluded the vote was undemocratic.
The protests, which the government denounced as an attempted "coup," began on Monday after the South American country's electoral authority declared that Maduro had won a third term with 51% of votes to extend a quarter-century of socialist rule.
At least 11 people have been killed in the protests, according to non-governmental organisation Foro Penal and Venezuelan authorities say nearly 750 people have been arrested.
- REUTERS
The protests, which the government denounced as an attempted "coup," began on Monday after the South American country's electoral authority declared that Maduro had won a third term with 51% of votes to extend a quarter-century of socialist rule.
At least 11 people have been killed in the protests, according to non-governmental organisation Foro Penal and Venezuelan authorities say nearly 750 people have been arrested.
- REUTERS
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