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  • Troops Fire Upon Protesters in Venezuela

    05/28/2007 12:07:21 PM PDT · by Kitten Festival · 154 replies · 8,963+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 28 May 2007 | Fabiola Sanchez
    CARACAS, Venezuela - National Guard troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets Monday into a crowd of protesters angry over a decision by President Hugo Chavez that forced a critical television station off the air. University students blocked one lane of a major highway hours after Radio Caracas Television ceased broadcasting at midnight and was replaced with a new state-funded channel. Chavez had refused to renew RCTV's broadcast license, accusing it of "subversive" activities and of backing a 2002 coup against him. Two students were injured by rubber bullets and a third was hit with a tear gas canister, said...