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A demonstrator shouts to a National Guard member at opposition stronghold Altamira square in Caracas on March 17, 2014. Venezuela’s authorities deployed hundreds of security forces, including troops in combat gear, into an opposition stronghold early Monday to stamp out protests against the leftist government of Nicolas Maduro. The show of force came as the death toll from a month and a half of protests rose to 29 Monday, after a National Guard captain shot one day earlier during a protest in the city of Maracay died. AFP PHOTO/LEO RAMIREZ