Venezuela violence flares as foes decry Maduro’s power shakeup | Reuters

By Andrew Cawthorne and Alexandra Ulmer | CARACAS CARACAS Youths at the head of a Venezuela opposition march on Wednesday lit fires and hurled stones at security forces who fired teargas to stop their latest demonstration against President Nicolas Maduro on the capital's main thoroughfare. In a familiar pattern from a month of protests against the socialist government, thousands of opposition supporters rallied peacefully for several hours before being blocked, sparking fights between masked youths and National Guard troops.At least 33 people have been killed and hundreds injured and arrested since the anti-Maduro unrest began in early April.

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