[News] Venezuela - Violent Opposition Protest Burns Hugo Chavez's Childhood Home

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  Violent Opposition Protest Burns Hugo Chavez's Childhood Home

May 23, 2017
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Opposition protesters in Venezuela 
<http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Maduro-Warns-of-Nazi-Fascist-Current-in-Ranks-of-Opposition-20170522-0015.html> attacked 
the childhood home of former President Hugo Chavez and destroyed five 
statues commemorating the late leader in a day of increasingly hostile 
anti-government demonstrations that spilled over into violence and led 
to the death of at least one person.

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Demonstrators set ablaze Monday the house in the western Venezuelan city 
of Barinas where Chavez, a native of the neighboring town of Sabaneta, 
spent his teenage years.

Anti-government protesters, who have been in the streets for more than 
50 days of protests aimed at forcing the government of President Nicolas 
Maduro out of office, also set fire to public buildings, including the 
National Electoral Council, lawmaker Pedro Luis Castillo reported. Five 
statues commemorating Chavez and the headquarters of the Regional 
Housing Institute were also vandalized. There were also reports of 
looting in parts of the city.

Amid the hostile protests, 19-year-old Yorman Bervecia was shot and 
killed. The Venezuelan Attorney General's office ordered an 
investigation into the deaths of two people during the protests and 
promised to prosecute those responsible for the attacks.

According to Venezuelan authorities, the death brings the total of 
fatalities to at least 60 since large opposition protests against the 
Maduro government began in early April.

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The opposition called for a strike by health workers in Barinas in the 
southwestern part of the country, and several main roads in the city 
were blocked in the morning.

Ernesto Villegas, Minister of Communication and Information, criticized 
the opposition for attempting to blame the dozens of deaths on the 
government, arguing that the right-wing leadership "uses the pain of 
relatives to plant a truth that can not be reversed."

The government has also condemned a series of violent acts by the 
opposition, including burning down public transport units, attacks on 
public and private property and looting, and has called for a "Great 
March for Peace, Life and Coexistence" in Caracas.

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