ARGENTINA: Argentines protest in front of the U.S. embassy in show of support for Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro
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ARGENTINA: Argentines protest in front of the U.S. embassy in show of support for Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro
- Title: ARGENTINA: Argentines protest in front of the U.S. embassy in show of support for Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro
- Date: 21st March 2014
- Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (MARCH 20, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF LEFTIST SOCIAL ORGANISATIONS MARCHING TOWARDS U.S. EMBASSY IN BUENOS AIRES VARIOUS OF POLICE GUARDING EMBASSY PROTESTERS SINGING ANTI-US CHANTS FLAGS FOR LEFTIST GROUPS PROTESTING AT US EMBASSY MORE OF PROTESTERS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LEFTIST PROTESTER, CLAUDIA COROL, SAYING: "We're pointing to the North American embassy, the role of the United States government in the destabilisation of democratic and popular processes that exist in each of our countries. Over here are organisations from different locations, different popular positions. Even with our different political positions we agreed some years ago that there'll be coups, destabilisation again." PROTESTERS CHILD DRESSED AS SIMON BOLIVAR VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MORE OF POLICE AT EMBASSY
- Embargoed: 5th April 2014 13:00
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- Location: Argentina
- Country: Argentina
- Reuters ID: LVACM411MR29VZ9ZNT3CJL6WHKNE
- Story Text: Argentine supporters of embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro marched on the US Embassy in Buenos Aires on Thursday (March 20) to denounce alleged American involvement in Venezuela's deadly protests that have killed at least 31.
Leftist organizations accuse the United States of seeking a coup against Hugo Chavez's successor President Nicholas Maduro to destabilise the socialist government.
"We're pointing to the North American embassy, the role of the United States government in the destabilisation of democratic and popular processes that exist in each of our countries. Over here are organisations from different locations, different popular positions. Even with our different political positions we agreed some years ago that there'll be coups, destabilisation again," said protester, Claudia Corol.
A year after Hugo Chavez succumbed to cancer, his self-proclaimed "son," President Maduro, faces the biggest challenge to his rule from an explosion of protests that have led to at least 31 deaths since February.
Venezuela's anti-government protests are heading into their second month as opposition supporters take to the streets to protest insecurity, inflation and shortages.
The unrest has been the worst in Venezuela in a decade, but does not show any signs of forcing Maduro from office, nor of affecting the country's crucial oil exports. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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