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Rioting breaks out in Venezuela amid 'attempted coup'- Photos

An opposition demonstrator walks by a flaming bus during clashes with soldiers loyal to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas.

Demonstrators clashed with police on the streets of the Venezuelan capital Tuesday, spurred by opposition leader Juan Guaido's call on the military to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro -- who said he had defeated an attempted coup.

An apparently carefully planned attempt by Guaido to demonstrate growing military support disintegrated into rioting as palls of black smoke rose over eastern Caracas.

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