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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“The opposition supporters were protesting the death of a teen, Kluibert Roa, who died after a clash between protestors and police on Tuesday. A <a href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Venezuelan-Government-Detains-Police-Officer-in-Death-of-Teen--20150224-0026.html"><span style='color:blue'>police officer is custody</span></a> pending an official investigation in connection to the death. “<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>What a contrast between Venezuela and the U.S. in regards to police killings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Venezuelan Opposition Burns Bus, Medical Supplies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img border=0 width=600 height=340 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D051B3.E0F542B0" alt="Description: The remains of a burned truck are towed away in the Venezuelan state of Tachira, February 25, 2015."></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The remains of a burned truck are towed away in the Venezuelan state of Tachira, February 25, 2015. | Photo: Vive Andes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Published 25 February 2015 (13 hours 7 minutes ago) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img border=0 width=27 height=23 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D051B3.E0F542B0" alt="Description: Coments"></span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Government officials have spoken out against two recent acts of opposition violence and have appealed for calm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>In two separate incidents, supporters of the right-wing opposition engaged in acts of violence on Wednesday, in one case mistakenly attacking a young person they believed to be a government supporter. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A group of opposition supporters, who had set up a road blockade in the upper-class district of Chacao in the capital of Caracas, attacked a passer-by solely because they thought he was a supporter of the government. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A video of the attack was shown on the program Zurda Konducta. In the video, the young man is seen with blood on his face while voices off camera are heard calling for his lynching. The young man claims he is not a “Chavista” as he walks away from the violent crowd. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>a separate incident, in the western state of Tachira, opposition supporters burned a bus, several police motorcycles, and a transport truck carrying medical supplies. A truck belonging to the state-owned oil company was also burned by 30 masked protestors. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The governor of Tachira, Jose Vielma Mora told teleSUR, “The right-wing always looks toward violence, they seek to smear the government, our democracy and try to make us look like ogres in front of the whole world.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The opposition supporters were protesting the death of a teen, Kluibert Roa, who died after a clash between protestors and police on Tuesday. A <a href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Venezuelan-Government-Detains-Police-Officer-in-Death-of-Teen--20150224-0026.html"><span style='color:blue'>police officer is custody</span></a> in connection to the death of Roa. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>President Maduro expressed his condolences to the teen's family and told the country on his television program that justice would be done. “If an official commits a crime, I will be the first to demand justice,” said Maduro. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>