Journalists Assaulted Covering Food Protests in Downtown Caracas
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A photographer moves to safety during a demonstration in Caracas on Thursday.
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At least 19 journalists were attacked while covering food protests in downtown Caracas on Thursday, Espacio Publico, a non-governmental organization that monitors freedom of expression in the Venezuelan capital, said in a statement on its website.
The assaults included robberies by members of the National Guard and armed civilians, Espacio Publico said. Caracas-based newspaper El Nacional reported that protests erupted outside a supermarket after shoppers were told that regulated goods they had expected to be available would not be up for sale.