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Protests in Venezuela turn violent

06:34 H | Topics: Politics - Venezuela

The protests around the constitutional reform that would make Hugo Chavez president "por vida" just got ugly. Yesterday, as thousands marched in Caracas in opposition of the proposed reform, the situation turned violent, leaving at least two people wounded by gunshots:

While the exact circumstances of the incident remained unclear, was the first time in the campaign there were serious injuries and came days after Chavez said the opposition wanted to stoke violence to destabilize the country.

The OPEC nation's civil defence chief, Antonio Rivero, told Globovision television station from the scene of the violence, that at least two people were shot and wounded.

The station showed images of hooded men throwing objects into university classes and other people, apparently students, running away.

Via / Reuters

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