Venezuelan Police Use Tear Gas as Protesters Demand Wage Hikes From Interim President Rodriguez

Venezuelan police deployed tear gas against 2000 protesters marching toward Miraflores Palace to demand higher wages from interim leader Delcy Rodriguez.The demonstration followed years of frozen salaries and 600 percent inflation after Rodriguez took power following the capture of Nicolas Maduro by US forces.Protesters rejected government bonuses as insufficient while seeking increases to the monthly minimum wage which currently sits at just 27 cents, far below the UN poverty line.Rodriguez has pursued economic reforms and oil sector privatization while governing under US pressure and facing demands for more social spending.
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