Venezuelan security forces fired scores
of tear gas volleys and turned water cannons on rock-throwing protesters on a
bridge in Caracas on Wednesday as the death toll from this month's
anti-government unrest hit at least 29. A 20-year-old male demonstrator died in
those latest clashes in the capital after being hit by a gas canister, said
officials of the city's eastern Chacao district. Authorities also announced two
new fatalities from clashes earlier this week: a 22-year-old who received
various gunshot wounds at a protest in the city of Valencia, and a 28-year-old
government supporter shot in the stomach in Tachira state. More…
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