Venezuela kills protesters

BBC:

Two people have died from gunshot wounds during protests against President Nicolas Maduro's government, eyewitnesses and local media say.

They say Argenis Hernandez was shot in the stomach on Friday in the city of Valencia and later died in hospital.

Also on Friday, bus driver Wilfredo Rey died after being shot by a group of hooded gunmen in San Cristobal.

At least 33 people have now been killed during weeks of protests over the high inflation and basic good shortages.

Meanwhile, supporters and opponents of the president staged rival rallies in the capital Caracas on Saturday.

This comes a day after riot police in the city clashed with anti-government demonstrators who were protesting against the arrest of two opposition mayors.

The mayors were detained over their alleged role in the unrest.

The opposition says the government is violently repressing the protests and trying to silence the administration's critics.
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The general uprising against the Venezuelan government and its Cuban allies continues while the world is distracted by a missing plane in Asia and Russian aggression in Crimea.  This uprising has its roots in a rejection of the failed Venezuelan command economy where the government has tried to repeal the laws of supply and demand.  The consequence is there is a shortage of everything including gasoline which is the country's main product.  People are forced to wait in line for hours for meager food supplies and there remains a shortage of basic commodities.  Venezuela is the latest example of the failure of communism and the Cuban model.  It is a failure they cannot blame on a US embargo, since they are now importing fuel from the US.

Fausta has more on the latest confrontation including a picture showing the massive demonstration against the regime.