Venezuela Maduro
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a radio and television program called "In contact with Maduro", at the Miraflores presidential pala...
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a radio and television program called "In contact with Maduro", at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro canceled plans to be at the innauguration of Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, after Biden called the street protests in Venezuela "alarming" and said democratically elected leaders who rule as authoritarians damage their people and countries. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)
Venezuela Maduro
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, left, speaks during a radio and television program called "In contact with Maduro", at the Miraflores presidenti...
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, left, speaks during a radio and television program called "In contact with Maduro", at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro canceled plans to be at the inauguration of Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called the street protests in Venezuela "alarming" and said democratically elected leaders who rule as authoritarians damage their people and countries. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)
Venezuela Maduro
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds up the logo of his radio and television program "In contact with Maduro", at Miraflores presidential palace...
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds up the logo of his radio and television program "In contact with Maduro", at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. President Maduro canceled plans to be at the inauguration of Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called the street protests in Venezuela "alarming" and said democratically elected leaders who rule as authoritarians damage their people and countries. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- A university student has been shot to death and three National Guardsmen are among those wounded in separate incidents in the central Venezuelan city of Valencia.
Valencia Mayor Miguel Cocchiola said Wednesday that a man was killed in the opposition-dominated Isabelica neighborhood of the city.
The local newspaper Notitarde de Valencia says the victim's cousin Luis Acosta confirms that 20-year-old Jesus Enrique Acosta was killed near his home by men on motorcycles. It is unclear whether Acosta was participating in a protest.
The chief prosecutor's office confirmed that a commander and two National Guardsmen were wounded by gunshots in another part of Valencia.
Protesters fed up with inflation, violent crime and shortages of some basic items have been demonstrating for a month.
