Venezuela's energized opposition is planning sit-ins on
roads, silent marches in white to commemorate the dead and other nontraditional
protests as it tries to build on the momentum of recent street demonstrations
against President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government. Tens of thousands of
protesters took to the streets of the South American country again Thursday to
demand elections and denounce what they consider an essentially dictatorial
government. They were met by curtains of tear gas and rubber bullets as they
tried to march to downtown Caracas. Later in the day, opposition leaders gathered
in a show of unity at an outdoor news conference in the eastern Caracas
neighbourhood that has been at the heart of three weeks of near-daily protests.
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