The World - News from March 6, 1989
The Venezuelan government ordered some schools to reopen and declared that the nation has “returned to complete normality” after the bloodiest riots in decades. Authorities, however, did not lift a night curfew in the capital or a state of martial law. The rioting, which began Feb. 27, was sparked by price increases under a government austerity plan. Meanwhile, the government revised the casualty toll, reporting 246 people killed--down from an earlier estimate of at least 300.
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