CARACAS, Venezuela — As Venezuelans poured into the streets for a second day of protests Tuesday, President Nicolás Maduro accused opposition leader María Corina Machado and presidential candidate Edmundo González of “criminal violence,” and a close ally called for their arrests.
Protesters are demanding Maduro publish voting data in an election they say he stole, and the authoritarian has responded with force.
At least 16 people have been killed in clashes across the country since the vote Sunday, according to the rights group Foro Penal and a survey of hospitals. The dead include one soldier, the defense ministry said.
Protesters are demanding Maduro publish voting data in an election they say he stole, and the authoritarian has responded with force.
At least 16 people have been killed in clashes across the country since the vote Sunday, according to the rights group Foro Penal and a survey of hospitals. The dead include one soldier, the defense ministry said.