Venezuelan security forces fired teargas at protesters chanting “We want food!” near the presidential palace in Caracas on Thursday, the latest street demonstration in the crisis-hit OPEC nation. National Guard soldiers and police blocked a road near the Miraflores palace in downtown Caracas, an area that is a traditional bastion of government support, after scores of angry people began trying to approach, witnesses told Reuters. President Nicolas Maduro, under intense pressure over a worsening economic crisis in the South American nation of 30 million, had been scheduled to address a rally nearby. The protest had spilled out of long lines for food at shops in the area, the witnesses said. “I’ve been here since 8 in the morning. There’s no more food in the shops and supermarkets. … We’re hungry and tired,” […]