Venezuela death toll rises amid new protests
1,564 views · Published 30 March 2014 · 3:06 · Indexed 16 October 2026
Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics
The death toll from weeks of protests for and against the Venezuelan government has risen to 39 after two people died in separate incidents, according to the interior minister, Miguel Rodriguez. A 44-year-old man died when he was struck by a high tension cable as demonstrators on Saturday carried a billboard to form a barricade in San Cristobal, a centre of anti-government protests. In Maracaibo on the same day, a 33-year-old man was killed after a home-made mortar bomb he was carrying exploded, according to Rodriguez. The Venezuelan government has faced a wave of street protests since February 4, with demonstrators angry over high levels of crime, hyper-inflation and shortages of essential goods. Al Jazeera's Alessandro Rampietti reports from San Cristobal.
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