Anti-Maduro chants ring at Venezuela soccer heroes' welcome


  • World
  • Wednesday, 14 Jun 2017

Fans cheer during the welcoming ceremony of Venezuela's under-20 soccer team, upon their arrival from the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Caracas, Venezuela June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

CARACAS (Reuters) - Thousands of soccer fans repeatedly chanted against President Nicolas Maduro's government during a homage in a stadium on Tuesday to Venezuela's youth team who were runners up in a World Cup final.

Some 20,000 people in the Olympic Stadium cheered as each of the players, dressed in the red wine coloured "Vinotinto" national strip, was welcomed on stage.

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