Four Wounded in #AntiMaduro Protests

Local Editor

At least four people sustained injuries in clashes that erupted between Venezuelan police and anti-government student protesters on Monday.

Demonstrators took to the streets of San Cristobal to express their dissent over a court decision to suspend the collection of signatures for a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro.

The students erected barricades in the streets, hurling stones and bottles towards riot police, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.

The National Electoral Council [NEC] on Thursday stopped the signature collection process from moving on to the next stage. Criminal courts in five states ruled that the opposition committed fraud in a preliminary signature collecting.

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