Venezuelan military clears protestors in violent crackdown

Venezualean troops stormed a square in Caracus, to evict protestors that had occupied the area in six weeks of anti-president demonstrations.

Soldiers of the Venezualean National Guard stormed the square using teargas and water cannons to overthrow hundreds of demonstrators.

Commenting on the National Guard’s actions, President Maduro, said,

“We are going to carry on liberating spaces taken by the protesters.”

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