Dozens of children evacuated from Caracas hospital amid unrest
Caracas: About 50 children were evacuated from a Caracas hospital which the Venezuelan government blamed on an attack by armed gangs but the opposition attributed to tear gas used to quell unrest.
As protests and looting continued into the night following another day of clashes between police and demonstrators in the capital, the government and opposition traded blows over the events at the maternity hospital.
“I denounce before the international community that armed gangs hired by the opposition attacked a maternity hospital with 54 children,” Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez tweeted, noting that President Nicolas Maduro had ordered the hospital’s evacuation.
But Freddy Guevara, an opposition leader, rejected the allegation, calling Rodriguez “irresponsible” and saying the evacuations were “the fault of tear gas bombs of your dictatorship.”
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