CARACAS: The death toll from several weeks of protests that have paralyzed Venezuela rose to 39 on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) after two more people died in separate incidents, Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez said on VTV public television that in San Cristobal, hotbed of the movement that has seen some of the worst violence, a 44-year-old man died after being struck by a high-tension cable as demonstrators carried a billboard to form a barricade.

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