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Venezuela troops fire teargas at anti-Maduro protesters
Army clears Caracas of demonstrators protesting against crime, food shortages and presence of Cuban advisers in government
National Guard troops
advance on anti-government protesters during clashes with police at
Plaza Altamira in Caracas on Sunday. Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters
National
Guard soldiers fired teargas and turned water cannons on hundreds of
demonstrators who hurled rocks and petrol bombs before abandoning Plaza
Altamira, in affluent east Caracas, which has been the scene of daily
clashes.
Soldiers rode into the square on motorbikes and rounded
up about a dozen demonstrators, witnesses said. One protester flashed a
"V" for victory as he was driven away while another shouted for help.
The troops then began demolishing protesters' barricades, apparently
carrying out Maduro's vow to retake the square.
