Venezuela's Maduro jeered, dozens detained - activists


Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (3rd L) talks during an event to handover houses that have been restored in Margarita Island, Venezuela September 2, 2016. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities briefly rounded up more than 30 people on Margarita island for heckling President Nicolas Maduro, activists said on Saturday, in what appeared to be a rare public confrontation with the unpopular leader.

Videos published by activists, purportedly from the Margarita locality of Villa Rosa on Friday night, show scores of people banging pots and pans and jeering their president during a visit to inspect state housing projects.

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