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Venezuelan Protests Revive as Repression Ebbs After Maduro Raid
Retired education workers protest to demand the immediate approval of the Civil and Labor Amnesty Law in Caracas on Feb. 10.
Photographer: Pedro Mattey/AFP/Getty ImagesVenezuela is experiencing a surge in protests as the socialist regime eases up on political repression following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro by US forces.
There were 622 peaceful protests in January — an average of 21 per day — a 53% increase compared with the same month last year, the Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict (OVCS) said in a report Thursday. Maduro was seized in a raid on Jan. 3 in which about 100 people died, including civilians.