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A demonstrator throws back a teargas canister fired by Bolivarian National Police after clashes broke out at an anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Demonstrators took to the streets after a pre-dawn raid by security forces that broke up four camps maintained by student protesters and arrested more than 200 people. The tent cities were installed more than a month ago in front of the offices of the United Nations and in better-off neighborhoods in the capital to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)![venezuela_protesta__3_]()
People stand in what remains of a dismantled student camp in Bolivar square, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Hundreds of security forces broke up four camps maintained by student protesters, arresting 243 people in a Thursday pre-dawn raid. The camps consisting of small tents were installed more than a month ago in front of the UN building and other anti-government strongholds in the capital to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)![venezuela_protesta__4_]()
A man spray paints the Spanish word for "Dictatorship," on a glass facade of the United Nations headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Hundreds of security forces broke up four camps maintained by student protesters, arresting 243 people in a Thursday pre-dawn raid. The camps consisting of small tents were installed more than a month ago in front of the UN building and other anti-government strongholds in the capital to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)![Venezuela_Protests_Vros__12_]()
People sit in the middle of a street near Altamira square in protest of officials breaking up camps maintained by student protesters, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Hundreds of security forces broke up four camps maintained by student protesters, arresting 243 people in a Thursday pre-dawn raid. The camps consisting of small tents were installed more than a month ago in front of the UN building and other anti-government strongholds in the capital to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)![Venezuela_Protests_Vros__10_]()
A pedestrian takes photos of blood on the ground left by a fatally wounded Bolivarian National Police officer after clashes broke out at an anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Demonstrators took to the streets after a pre-dawn raid by security forces that broke up four camps maintained by student protesters and arrested more than 200 people. The tent cities were installed more than a month ago in front of the offices of the United Nations and in better-off neighborhoods in the capital to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)![venezuela_protesta__5_]()
A man wears a narrow strip in the colors of Venezuela's flag over his mouth in protest of officials breaking up camps maintained by student protesters, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Hundreds of security forces broke up four camps maintained by student protesters, arresting more than 200 people in a pre-dawn raid. The camps of small tents were installed more than a month ago in front of the UN building and other anti-government strongholds in the capital to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)![Venezuela_Protests_Vros__11_]()
Venezuela's Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres, center, directs the dismantling of a student camps outside of UN headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Hundreds of security forces broke up four camps maintained by student protesters, arresting more than 200 people in a pre-dawn raid. The camps of small tents were installed more than a month ago in front of the UN building and other anti-government strongholds in the capital to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government. (AP Photo/Carlos Becerra)![Venezuela_Protests_Vros__7_]()
A Bolivarian National Police officer fires rubber bullets at demonstrators after clashes broke out at an at anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Demonstrators took to the streets after a pre-dawn raid by security forces that broke up four camps maintained by student protesters and arrested more than 200 people. The tent cities were installed more than a month ago in front of the offices of the United Nations and in better-off neighborhoods in the capital to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)![venezuela_protesta__1_]()
A female student cries after learning that fellow students maintaining a camp near the United Nations headquarters, were arrested in a pre-dawn raid, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Hundreds of security forces broke up four camps maintained by student protesters, arresting more than 200 people. The camps consisting of small tents were installed more than a month ago in front of the UN building and other anti-government strongholds in the capital to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)![venezuela_protesta__2_]()
A pedestrian walks on an empty lot that a day before was filled with pitched tents and student protesters, near the United Nations headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Hundreds of security forces broke up four camps maintained by student protesters, arresting 243 people in a Thursday pre-dawn raid. The camps consisting of small tents were installed more than a month ago in front of the UN building and other anti-government strongholds in the capital to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)![venezuela_protesta__6_]()
Bolivarian National Guard soldiers load a truck with students belongings as they dismantle student encampments outside of UN headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Hundreds of security forces broke up four camps maintained by student protesters, arresting more than 200 people in a pre-dawn raid. The camps of small tents were installed more than a month ago in front of the UN building and other anti-government strongholds in the capital to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government. (AP Photo/Carlos Becerra)Venezuelan Security Forces Break Up Protest Camps
Young people clashed with police in the streets Thursday in an angry response to Venezuelan security forces dismantling four tent cities maintained by anti-government demonstrators.
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- Venezuelan Security Forces Break Up Protest Camps
