More clashes between protesters and troops in the Venezuelan capital have left three people dead. It raises the death toll to 25 from a month of daily demonstrations.<br /><br />Violence began on Wednesday when National Guard troops blocked opposition marchers from leaving a main square to head towards government buildings.<br /><br />Protesters complained at their treatment by the security forces, saying they should be defending the demonstrators not attacking them.<br /><br />Opposition protesters may want President Nicolas Maduro to quit due to his handling of the economy, but the president still enjoys strong support.<br /><br />Addressing a pro-Maduro rally, the president said: “I am obliged by my constitutional responsibility to take special measures, which I will take to the heart of this attack by fascists. I’m obliged and nobody is going to bully me.”<br /><br />Maduro accuses his critics of trying to lead a coup. But with strong support among the poor, who have benefited from health and education reforms, Maduro is going nowhere.
