Venezuelan police block protesters demanding higher wages and pensions

Cătălin Roșioru

(9 Apr 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Caracas, Venezuela - 9 April 2026 1.Clashes between demonstrators and police 2. Various of demonstrators marching and chanting. UPSOUND (Spanish) "They won't take away our right to protest!" 3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Patines, union leader: ++PARTIALLY COVERED BY 1 AND 2++ "Venezuela needs credible institutions so investments can come, those five hundred billion that Trump talks about. If we don't have the rule of law, there won't be any money