At least two people have been killed as anti-government protests continue to rock Venezuela.<br /><br />For nearly a month, demonstrators demanding the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro have been staging rallies and setting up barricades in the capital Caracas.<br /><br />The subsequent clashes with security forces and government supporters are now thought to have claimed at least 20 lives.<br /><br />In a televised statement, President Maduro repeated his call for peace but he also suggested that he is not going to tolerate any insurgency movement: “A candle that is lit on fire is a candle that must be extinguished. That’s how it should be,” he added.<br /><br />There seems little chance the current unrest will topple Maduro’s government. However demonstrators have increasingly defied opposition leaders’ calls to end the violence.
