After a Month of Violence, Protesters in Venezuela Try Peace

CARACAS, Venezuela — From behind their riot shield barricade, Venezuela’s National Guard cooly surveyed a scene of frustration

Dressed in white t-shirts representing their pacifism, protesters waved their national flags, pledged their commitment to peaceful protest and banged cooking pots in time to songs of government downfall. Saturday's "empty pots march" had commenced.

Beneath the scorching Caracas sun, one man held up a banner to those who blocked their passage west to the centre of the Venezuelan capital: “If we all have the same problems, then why are we so divided?” Read more...