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Venezuelan violence has roots in obscure incident

By Vivian Sequera
Published February 22, 2014 5:01am ET
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Venezuelan violence has roots in obscure incident
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks next to a painting of the late Hugo Chavez, during a news conference at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Speaking Friday to international media, Maduro called out what he said was a "campaign of demonization to isolate the Bolivarian revolution." (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) | Fernando Llano

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (AP) — The violent protests that have roiled Venezuela’s major cities and challenged its socialist government have their roots in a little-known incident on a college campus in a city far from the capital.

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