After six hard-fought weeks in the
streets, a standoff between anti-government protesters and security forces is
growing scarier and more lethal. To protect themselves, demonstrators here in
the Venezuelan capital and in other cities have started outfitting themselves
in homemade armor and other improvised combat gear. Riot police and
demonstrators clash during a protest against Venezuelan President. Along with conventional gas masks and
helmets (many of them donated), colorful wooden shields are showing up on the
front lines of the battles with National Guard troops. While most of the
protesters have remained nonviolent, hooded militants have tossed molotov
cocktails and launched rocks with slingshots. More…
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