Using clandestine tactics, Venezuela opposition gains ground with poor

Children arrive at a dining room run by opposition supporters at La Vega slum in Caracas, Venezuela May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

CARACAS (Reuters) - While the streets of the affluent east of the Venezuelan capital Caracas overflowed with protesters during a recent anti-government march, no-one demonstrated in the west side's 23 de Enero slum.

Residents of the poor hillside neighbourhood instead watched from their windows and sidewalks as groups of armed, black-clad men wearing balaclavas rode motorbikes through their streets.