Clashes between students and police return in Venezuela

Violence returned to the streets of Caracas, where on Thursday there were new confrontations between students and police.

The Bolivarian National Police (PNB) used tear gas against protesters, who were protesting against President Nicolás Maduro due to the high inflation rates that the country is accumulating and that have generated problems in education.

The students They also demanded changes in the organization of the security forces, which blocked surrounding streets.

In this sense, the newspaper Trade He denounced that the crisis that the country is suffering has led to non-payment of scholarships and problems in the transportation system.

The protesters tried to leave the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), where they had previously gathered to debate the problems that exist in educational centers, but police officers blocked the exits.

In the last hours it was learned that the United States Government would be considering imposing sanctions on Cuban military and intelligence officials who are helping the Maduro government fight the opposition.

It would be the first time that Washington has imposed sanctions against a block of foreign officials allied with the Venezuelan president.

President Trump's administration has already imposed sanctions to dozens of Venezuelan officials. As part of a pressure campaign against the Venezuelan leader, he has also sought to disrupt the country's growing gold exports and access to external financing.

Venezuelan opponents and some United States politicians, for their part, have long denounced that Cuban military and intelligence officers advise the Venezuelan government and security forces on repressive activities.