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Weekly Report - 26 February 2015 (WR-15-08)
Caracas mayor arrested, protester killed as Maduro’s conspiracy claims grow
Two events over the past week have exacerbated political tension in Venezuela: the arrest of the opposition mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, as an alleged party to a plot to stage a coup, and the death in the westernmost state of Táchira of a young protester at the hands of a police officer, against the backdrop of more claims by President Nicolás Maduro about a continually expanding conspiracy against his government.
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