Video: Venezuela Protest Update

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Venezuela Rising: Dispatch Six

Published on Mar 11, 2014 by 'VICE News'

On March 8th, thousands gathered in the center of Caracas yet again to protest the food shortages in Venezuela, which they hold the government responsible for. Significantly, the former opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski was rumored to be in attendance at the demonstration. Meanwhile, violent clashes between police and protesters in Altamira Square have become a nightly event.

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WATCH: Venezuelan Woman Assaulted While Filming Police Abducting Students

Mediaite
Noah Rothman
3/14/2014

On Thursday, an amateur video surfaced online which appears to show Venezuelan police taking young students captive. The footage showcases Venezuelan police taking students and putting them on motorcycles and driving them away.

The footage, taken at Caracas’ Plaza Altamira, also shows that the woman was confronted and assaulted by a police officer when she was discovered filming the incident.

Venezuelan officials say that 28 have died and 365 have been injured since the start of massive anti-government protests began. Venezuelans began to take to the streets to protest food shortages, high crime, and inflation in early January.

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