Several Latin American countries have called on Venezuela to
keep calm as opposition protests intensified Thursday, a day after three
demonstrators were killed while denouncing President Nicolas Maduro’s rule. The
appeal for peace came after the country’s growing unrest forced out General
Motors, with the automaker announcing the layoff of 2,700 workers Wednesday
after an “illegal seizure of its assets.” As hundreds of workers gathered at
the company’s plant in Caracas on Thursday to find out if they still had a job,
tens of thousands of protesters clashed with police as they marched through the
city’s streets, with authorities using tear gas and rubber bullets. Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay issued
statements condemning the violence. Protests have raged for nearly three weeks
as Maduro’s critics demand early elections and condemn what they describe as a
dictatorship. More…
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