Opposition demonstrators clash with riot police during an anti-government protest in Caracas, on July 20, 2017.
July 21, 2017
Death toll in Venezuela protests since April reaches 100
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — The death toll in anti-government protests in Venezuela since April has reached 100, after a third death was reported from a day-long nationwide strike against embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s rule, prosecutors said Friday.
A 15-year-old boy was killed in skirmishes on the sidelines of Thursday’s national strike in the western state of Zulia, they said, without explaining the circumstances of his death.
Venezuela is in the throes of a political and economic crisis that has led to shortages of basic goods and soaring inflation. Protesters are now contesting Maduro’s plans to rewrite the country’s constitution.
