Venezuela Protests Continue, National Guardsman Killed

Anti-government protesters continued to clash with Venezuela's security forces overnight, as violent street demonstrations dragged into the third day of a national holiday. Scattered barricades blocked streets Saturday in the capital, Caracas, as student demonstrators threw stones, bottles and Molotov cocktails at security forces, who responded with tear gas and water cannons. One national guardsman was shot dead as he tried to remove a barricade, bringing the death toll in three...

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