AdvertisementShaken By Protests, Venezuela Sees Casualties Mount As Showdown DeepensMay 16, 2017Colin DwyerfacebookEmailA protester pushes into a phalanx of riot police Friday in Caracas, Venezuela. Demonstrators blame President Nicolas Maduro for the country's economic crisis, food shortages and indefinitely delayed elections. More than three dozen people have died in a month and a half of protests. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)