January 21st 2009, by James Suggett - Venezuelanalysis.com
Opposition students throw rocks at police during anti-amendment protest Tuesday (AP)
Mérida, January 21st, 2009 (Venezuelanalysis.com)-- Violent confrontations related to the campaign for an amendment to Venezuela's constitution that would abolish the two-term limit on elected office have taken place in several Venezuelan cities, prompting the government to proclaim that demonstrators who threaten public security should be promptly detained by local police ...
In Caracas on Monday, motorcyclists identifying themselves as members of the pro-Chávez organization La Piedrita threw several tear gas canisters at the building of the apostolic delegates in Venezuela. The apostolic facility is considered to sympathize with the opposition and last year granted opposition student leader Nixon Moreno asylum after Moreno was charged with rape.
Police detained six members of La Piedrita who tear gassed a meeting of the opposition party Bandera Roja on Tuesday and declared the party's leaders "military targets."
In the western city of Mérida Monday, masked opposition students burned tires and threw glass bottles to block off a major avenue, then retreated into the university before any confrontations with police ...
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