Venezuelan rivals trade blame over protest shooting deaths


  • World
  • Thursday, 13 Feb 2014

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's government and the opposition traded accusations after at least three people were shot dead in the worst unrest since protests last year that followed President Nicolas Maduro's narrow election victory.

Almost a year after the death of socialist leader Hugo Chavez, the bloodshed on Wednesday was the latest demonstration of the OPEC nation's deep polarization and the mutual mistrust between both political camps.

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