Protesters Set Fire to Hugo Chavez's Childhood Home
Protesters set fire to late President Hugo Chavez's childhood home in western Venezuela on Monday, as protests against the South American nation's socialist government grew increasingly hostile, Chicago Tribute reports.
Demonstrators lit the house in the city of Barinas where Chavez spent his early years aflame along with several government buildings, including the regional office of the National Electoral Council, said Pedro Luis Castillo, a legislator who represents the area.
During the protests, demonstrators, decrying current President Nicolas Maduro for the country's triple-digit inflation, rising crime and shortages of food and medicine, also destroyed at least five statues commemorating Chavez, Maduro's mentor and the founder of Venezuela's "Bolivarian revolution."
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