Protesters evicted after violent clash
From Times Wire Reports
Protesters armed with sticks and dynamite clashed with police and troops as they evicted them from two natural gas facilities in the southeast, Interior Minister Alfredo Rada said.
About 200 demonstrators stormed the plants Friday to protest the nationalization of the energy industry, which they say has not gone far enough. The protest cut domestic gas supplies, but not exports.
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