{"id":33689,"date":"2017-05-31T07:02:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T07:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=33689"},"modified":"2017-05-31T07:02:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T07:02:49","slug":"venezuela-opposition-leaders-wounded-in-anti-government-marc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=33689","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela opposition leaders wounded in anti-government marc"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Venezuela\"‘If we allow the fraud that they want to call a constitutional assembly, Venezuela will be lost'<\/h2>\n
Two Venezuelan opposition leaders were wounded on Monday by security forces dispersing protests in the capital Caracas against President Nicolas Maduro, according to one of the leaders and an opposition legislator.<\/div>\n
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Maduro\u2019s adversaries have for two months been blocking highways and setting up barricades in protests demanding he call early elections and address an increasingly severe economic crisis that has left millions struggling to get enough to eat.<\/p>\n

Fifty-nine people have died in the often violent street melees, which Maduro calls an effort to overthrow his government.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were ambushed,\u201d said two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, who accompanied protesters in an effort to march to the headquarter of the government ombudsman\u2019s office but was blocked by security forces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis government is capable of killing or burning anything,\u201d Capriles said in a press conference.<\/p>\n

He said 16 others were injured in the march, adding that he would file a complaint about the issue with state prosecutors.<\/p>\n

Legislator Jose Olivares, who is a doctor, tweeted a picture of a bruise on Capriles\u2019 face that he said was the result of a soldier hitting him with a helmet during the clashes.<\/p>\n

During the same march, opposition deputy Carlos Paparoni was knocked to the ground by a water cannon sprayed from a truck, requiring that he receive stitches in his head, Olivares said.<\/p>\n

The Information Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Deadly protests<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anti-government violence has spread beyond Caracas. In San Cristobal in the western state of Tachira, two taxis and a bus were set on fire and used to block a highway.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors say 60 people have been killed in clashes since the protests erupted on April 1.<\/p>\n

Maduro\u2019s political opponents vowed earlier to step up protests over his plan to rewrite the constitution, which they see as a bid to cling to power.<\/p>\n

Maduro plans to set up a constitutional assembly, which the opposition says will be stacked with government supporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we allow the fraud that they want to call a constitutional assembly, Venezuela will be lost,\u201d said Freddy Guevara, a leading opposition figure at the National Assembly legislature.<\/p>\n

Guevara called on supporters to \u201cget ready for an escalation\u201d of protests but urged demonstrators to refrain from violence.<\/p>\n

The opposition claims the leftist president has become a dictator and blames him for shortages of food and medicines. Maduro in turn accuses the opposition of attempting a coup with US backing.<\/p>\n

Each side accuses the other of sending armed groups to foment violence during the demonstrations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘If we allow the fraud that they want to call a constitutional assembly, Venezuela will be lost’ Two Venezuelan opposition leaders were wounded on Monday by security forces dispersing protests in the capital Caracas against President Nicolas Maduro, according to one of the leaders and an opposition legislator. Maduro\u2019s adversaries have for two months been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":33690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n