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Death Toll from Venezuela Protests Rises to 60

© REUTERS / Carlos Garcia RawlinsOpposition supporters use a shield reading "Justice" as they clash with security forces during a rally against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela April 26, 2017
Opposition supporters use a shield reading Justice as they clash with security forces during a rally against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela April 26, 2017 - Sputnik International
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Venezuelan media have revised the death toll from nearly two months of violent protests in the crisis-hit country up to 60, with most of the victims being civilians.

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — The national newspaper, El National, published a list of alleged casualties that includes a National Guard and two police officers. The rest are civilians. Of those, nine are teenagers aged between 14 and 18.

Anti-government protesters throw stones from a highway overpass at a passing police patrol in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 24, 2017 - Sputnik International
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The number of those injured in nationwide skirmishes between critics of Socialist President Nicolas Maduro and security forces has topped 1,000, according to official estimates.

Jose Barreras‏, head of the Palavecino municipal administration in the northwestern state of Lara, accused the National Guard on Thursday of raiding homes in the Valle Hondo community. He said two people were hurt when troops allegedly kicked in doors and threatened residents.

Opposition accuses the government of mismanaging the oil-rich country, causing severe shortages of basic consumer goods, and attempts to sidestep the parliament. President Maduro plans to set up a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution as a way out of the political crisis that broke out in early April when the Supreme Court briefly took over powers from the National Assembly, causing an uproar.

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