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Ronaldo Schemidt
委內瑞拉, 法新社

2017年 5月 3日

在委內瑞拉的首都卡拉卡斯,28歲的 José Víctor Salazar Balza 於一場針對總統 Nicolás Maduro 的抗議行動中,與鎮暴警察發生暴力衝突,全身著火。

總統 Maduro 發起多項修改民主體制的計畫,藉由組織制憲議會來取代由反對黨領導的國會,實際上是為了替自己鞏固立法權。反對黨領袖號召群眾集體示威,要求提早舉行總統大選。抗議群眾和委內瑞拉國民護衛隊爆發衝突;許多帶著頭罩、口罩、甚至防毒面罩的抗議群眾四處縱火、投擲石頭,而 Salazar 在摩托車油缸爆炸時,被烈火灼身,受到一級及二級燒傷,但在此事件中倖存下來。



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Ronaldo Schemidt
Venezuela, Agence France-Presse

3 May 2017

José Víctor Salazar Balza (28) catches fire amid violent clashes with riot police during a protest against President Nicolás Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela.

President Maduro had announced plans to revise Venezuela’s democratic system by forming a constituent assembly to replace the opposition-led National Assembly, in effect consolidating legislative powers for himself. Opposition leaders called for mass protests to demand early presidential elections. Clashes between protesters and the Venezuelan national guard broke out on 3 May, with protesters (many of whom wore hoods, masks or gas masks) lighting fires and hurling stones. Salazar was set alight when the gas tank of a motorbike exploded. He survived the incident with first- and second-degree burns.