Widespread and intense protests continued across Venezuela on April 11, El Nacional reported. The day before, protesters alleged that authorities fired tear gas onto the grounds of the Policlinica Las Mercedes hospital in Caracas and opposition leader Henrique Capriles said a baby had been injured in the incident. A 20-year-old protester was shot and killed in the city of Valencia. Demonstrations began April 4 and escalated April 6. Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami said that molotov cocktails had been confiscated from demonstrators. Justice Minister Nestor Reverol said that police arrested 18 demonstrators April 10 in Caracas for disturbing the peace. Between April 4 and April 8, authorities arrested 188 people, and 57 remain in detention, according to El Foro Penal Venezolano (FPV). The demonstrations are a reaction to the country’s economic crisis and attempts to consolidate power into a single-party state. The ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela […]