The Growing Unrest In Venezuela -- News Updates June 10, 2016

DW: Opposition leader hit with pipe in Venezuela

Venezuelan lawmaker Julio Borges was bloodied while trying to enter a heavily secured government building in Caracas. He accused pro-government gangs of attacking him with pipes, stones, and explosives.

Borges was in a small group of opposition lawmakers, heading into the offices of the national electoral commission on Thursday.

He said the police allowed ten of them to pass the perimeter, but then pushed them towards a gang of "colectivos" – a group loyal to the socialist government.

"The colectivos acted with total impunity - they had pipes, motorbike helmets, rocks, explosive artifacts, and they used them against us," Borges said.

Three parliament members were injured, including Borges, who is the leader of the opposition bloc. Borges addressed journalists with a bloodied face and blood stains on his shirt.

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The Growing Unrest In Venezuela -- News Updates June 10, 2016

Venezuela Opposition Leader Hit With a Pipe in the Face -- AP
Opposition lawmakers roughed up during recall referendum protest in Venezuela -- EFE
Venezuela: calls for recall vote grow louder as opposition politicians assaulted -- Euronews
Venezuela opposition moves forward in recall referendum request -- Reuters
Anti-Maduro recall will be halted if violence erupts: Venezuela officials -- AFP
Venezuela Just Made It Harder for Recall Voices to Be Heard -- Bloomberg
Shortage-plagued Venezuela puts socialist committees in charge of selling food -- Reuters
Venezuela trying to solve food shortages by having party loyalists control distribution -- FOX News/EFE
Tropical Fruits Provide Lifeline Amid Venezuela Food Shortages -- VOA
Venezuela's middle class turns to trash for food -- DW
Venezuela in Crisis: Families Are Fed Up With Going Hungry -- Alicia Hernández, VICE News
Inside the Hell of Venezuelan Police Prisons -- Ioan Grillo, Time
Bust Times In Oil-Rich Venezuela: 'The Banks Don't Have Money To Give Out' -- NPR
The Economist explains why airlines are abandoning Venezuela -- Economist
Venezuela: A Failed State In Latin America? -- John Feffer, Huffington Post
Venezuela Is at a Breaking Point -- Aki Ito & Catarina Saraiva, Bloomberg
Should China Let Venezuela Collapse? -- Oren Kesler, National Interest
A 2016 Presidential Recall Seems Less and Less Likely -- Stratfor