Skeptical Venezuelans, upset over President Nicolas Maduro’s purported electoral victory, took to the streets to protest, amid widespread suspicions the administration conspired to steal the election.
The Associated Press reports on the police crackdown on protesters, which involved firing rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators:
Shortly after the National Electoral Council, which is loyal to Maduro’s ruling party, announced that he had won a third six-year term, angry protesters began marching through the capital, Caracas, and cities across Venezuela.
In the capital, the protests were mostly peaceful, but when dozens of riot gear-clad national police officers blocked the caravan, a brawl broke. Police used tear gas to disperse the protesters, some of whom threw stones and other objects at officers who had stationed themselves on a main avenue of an upper-class district. […]
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