Riot police attack protesters with tear gas at the Caracas demonstration called the 'mother of all protests'. Opposition supporters protested in Caracas and other cities, denouncing Maduro for eroding democracy and plunging the economy into chaos. Crowds swelled to hundreds of thousands, including Maduro supporters who held a counter-demonstration in the capital at the urging of the president. Troops fired tear gas in Caracas neighbourhoods and in the border city of San Cristobal. Maduro says recent protests have been little more than opposition efforts to foment violence and topple his government.

Source: Bangkok Post April 19, 2017 19:41 UTC