Venezuelans In Shock Over Protest Deaths -- USA Today
CARACAS, Venezuela — Burnt trash lay in the streets Thursday, the morning after the largest protests yet against the government of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro.
Signage from a government ministry lay strewn on the ground, having been broken and burned the night before in demonstrations by thousands of Venezuelans that left three people dead.
The violence caps two weeks of protests around the country, with both the government and opposition leaders pointed fingers at each other. Both sides also said they would be back in the streets this weekend.
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