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Venezuela death toll rises to 13 as protests flare

2014-02-25 239 Dailymotion

Anti-government protesters in the Venezuelan capital burn rubbish and put up barricades.<br/> <br />Access to the main avenues has been barred and traffic has slowed to a crawl.<br/> <br />These blockades are the latest in a series of opposition protests in which 13 people have died.<br/> <br />Demonstrators say they'll continue with their protests, until President Nicolas Maduro resigns.<br/> <br />Opposition leader Henrique Capriles is also demanding the government release protest leader Leopoldo Lopez and about a dozen student demonstrators, imprisoned on charges of inciting violence.<br/> <br />He spurned an invitation to meet the president for talks.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HENRIQUE CAPRILES, POLITICAL OPPOSITION LEADER, INSIDE A PRESS CIRCLE, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I am not going to a meeting with the federal council to help him save face. I'm not going to be like the orchestra on the Titanic. I am not the musician, the boat is sinking, and I am the one who is playing the music? No sir, Nicolas, you are not

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