VENEZUELA
Caracas, Venezuela— Protesters clashed with security forces on April 6 as opposition groups stepped up demonstrations against the Socialist-controlled government of President Nicolás Maduro.
The unrest followed a Supreme Court decision in late March that would have resulted in the court’s takeover of the opposition- led congress. It was quickly overturned but was seen as another move toward dictatorship in a country paralyzed by hyperinlation and shortages of food and medicine.