Venezuela Moves Against Opposition Mayors

CARACAS, Venezuela March 19, 2014 (AP)

By JORGE RUEDA and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press

Venezuelan intelligence agents on Wednesday arrested the opposition mayor of the western city of San Cristobal, which has been a crucible of anti-government resistance and spawned the current wave of protests.

Then, hours later, the Supreme Court announced that the opposition mayor of San Diego, Enzo Scarano, would be removed from his post and serve 10 months and 15 days in prison for disobeying a March 12 court order to keep protesters from barricading streets in his city.

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San Cristobal: The birthplace of Venezuela’s protests

2014-03-08 BBC

Protests have been taking place for more than a month in Venezuela, after students of a local university took to the streets and clashed with the authorities following the alleged attempted rape of one of their classmates.

Rocks, logs, rubble, and discarded furniture are being used to shut down the streets of San Cristobal, the Venezuelan city that gave birth to the current wave of protests against President Nicolas Maduro.

Watch here: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26492452