- Title: Venezuela crushes small anti-Maduro uprising at military base
- Date: 6th August 2017
- Summary: VALENCIA, VENEZUELA (AUGUST 6, 2017) (REUTERS) MEN RUNNING AND ONE THROWING ROCK AMID TEAR GAS STREET WITH TEAR GAS IN FOREGROUND WITH TANK IN BACKGROUND PEOPLE STANDING IN STREET NEXT TO TEAR GAS FIRE IN FOREGROUND NEXT TO BARRICADE WITH TANK IN BACKGROUND AND SIREN GOING OFF MASKED RESIDENTS HOLDING MILITARY ARMAMENT (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED MASKED MAN SAYING: "This is what they're using against the people... They're killing us. We are dying of hunger. How long are we going to continue like this? How long? We can't continue." MAN WEARING RED MASK AREA RESIDENTS REMOVING GRATES FROM STREET VARIOUS OF RESIDENTS BUILDING STREET BARRICADE TANK DRIVING DOWN STREET VARIOUS OF TANKS AND SOLDIERS DRIVING PAST BARRICADE NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS ON BACK OF TANK MEN WATCHING FROM OTHER SIDE OF GATE STREET FILLED WITH TEAR GAS WITH SIRENS TANK DRIVING DOWN STREET WITH TEAR GAS
- Embargoed: 20th August 2017 18:23
- Keywords: uprising and clashes in Valencia with tear gas in streets
- Location: VALENCIA, VENEZUELA
- City: VALENCIA, VENEZUELA
- Country: Venezuela
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0016T0QFD3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Venezuelan authorities suppressed a small rebellion at a military base near the city of Valencia on Sunday (August 6), arresting seven men who they say participated in a "terrorist attack" against the government of unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro.
Hundreds took to the streets in Valencia to support the uprising, said resident Carolina Herrera, who like other witnesses reported shots through the night.
But hooded protesters had been largely dispelled with tear gas by midday on Sunday, and the rest of the South American country of 30 million appeared to be calm.
Earlier on Sunday a video circulated on social media showing a group of men in military uniform announcing an uprising in the wake of the creation of a pro-government legislative superbody on Friday, which was widely condemned as a power grab.
Authorities said the men were mercenaries working for a U.S.-backed opposition to bring down nearly two decades of Socialism in oil-rich Venezuela, raising the specter of a further government crackdown on dissent in coming days. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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