Demonstrators storm Supreme Court offices in Caracas as anti-government clashes erupt

Record ID: 566465

  • Title: Demonstrators storm Supreme Court offices in Caracas as anti-government clashes erupt
  • Date: 8th April 2017
  • Summary: CARACAS, VENEZUELA (APRIL 08, 2017) (REUTERS) DEMONSTRATORS THROWING ROCKS AT DOOR TO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF THE SUPREME COURT DEMONSTRATORS LIGHTING EXPLOSIVES OUTSIDE THE OFFICES OF THE SUPREME COURT VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS THROWING ROCKS AND OTHER OBJECTS AT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF THE SUPREME COURT DEMONSTRATORS THROWING OBJECT AND MOLOTOV COCKTAIL AT SUPREME COURT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES SIGN FOR THE SUPREME COURT OFFICES ON FIRE ABOVE ENTRANCE VARIOUS MORE OF DEMONSTRATORS ATTACKING SUPREME COURT OFFICES DEMONSTRATORS BUILDING ROAD BLOCK IN THE STREET DEMONSTRATORS THROWING TEAR GAS CANISTERS BACK AT POLICE TEAR GAS FILLING THE STREET MORE OF CLASHES VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS TEARING DOWN A CORRUGATED WALL NEAR THE SUPREME COURT OFFICES VARIOUS MORE OF CLASHES POLICE LAUNCHING TEAR GAS FROM AN OVERPASS DEMONSTRATORS RUNNING MORE OF POLICE LAUNCHING TEAR GAS FROM AN OVERPASS
  • Embargoed: 22nd April 2017 22:59
  • Keywords: Venezuela opposition Supreme Court demonstrations protest clashes Nicolas Maduro
  • Location: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
  • City: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016BJGMKL
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Protesters clashed with security forces during demonstrations in Venezuela on Saturday (April 8) after a ban on a top opposition leader from office breathed life into a fractured movement and fuelled the first sustained anti-government demonstrations since 2014.
    Thousands of people, some carrying signs reading "Dictator Maduro!" and "Elections now!" in support of banned leader Henrique Capriles, took part in marches across the country against unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro.
    Security forces blocked the march in Caracas, as they did during two other protests this week, prompting violent confrontations.
    Protesters lobbed rocks and petrol bombs and burned trash in the street while authorities responded with a volley of tear gas.
    A group of about a hundred demonstrators vandalized and set fire to an office of the Supreme Court in Caracas.
    The unrest was sparked by a Supreme Court decision last week to assume the role of the opposition-led National Assembly. The action was quickly overturned, but the global outcry it sparked galvanized the opposition.
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