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Fears mount over Venezuela as death toll passes 100

by Maria Isabel Sanchez Agence France-Presse CARACAS, Venezuela – International fears over Venezuela’s growing unrest soared on Friday as prosecutors said the death toll in months of anti-government protests had passed 100, and a political gridlock between President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition worsened. The climbing tally of fatalities, rising to 103 since April, underscored the spiraling chaos in the oil-rich but increasingly impoverished South American nation. Stakes have risen further with the United States […]

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Beauty queen the latest victim in Venezuela unrest

(Reuters) – A local beauty queen died of a gunshot wound on Wednesday, the fifth fatality from Venezuela’s political unrest, as imprisoned protest leader Leopoldo Lopez urged supporters to keep fighting for the departure of the socialist government. Tensions have risen in Venezuela since Lopez, a 42-year-old Harvard-educated economist, turned himself in to troops on Tuesday after spearheading three weeks of often rowdy protests against President Nicolas Maduro’s government. The latest victims of the unrest […]

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