Venezuela protests heat up amid opposition rift

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan security forces arrested 105 people during a sweep of a busy Caracas avenue as protests against the government heated up amid a widening split within the opposition over whether to back possible U.S. sanctions.

The student-led protest Wednesday came a day after the opposition froze talks with President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government, saying dialogue was impossible after the arrest last week of more than 200 student protesters who had been camping for weeks outside the United Nations offices and three plazas in the capital.