Venezuelan police fire tear gas at anti-Maduro protesters

CARACAS: Venezuelan riot police fired tear gas Thursday at groups of protesters seeking to oust President Nicolas Maduro, who have vowed new mass marches after a day of deadly unrest.

Police in the western Caracas neighborhoods of Santa Monica and El Paraiso broke up scores of opposition protesters trying to join a larger march, though there was no immediate repeat of Wednesday's violent clashes, which left three people dead.