A demonstrator holds a Venezuelan flag in front of a burning barricade during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro’s government in 2014. During several crackdowns since 2014, security forces have severely injured and occasionally killed demonstrators, shooting them at point-blank range with riot-control munitions and brutally beating others who offered no resistance, according to Human Rights Watch.

First published in the June 30, 2022, 8:40 a.m. edition

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