An opposition demonstrator pauses during clashes with police at Altamira square in Caracas

An opposition demonstrator pauses during clashes with police at Altamira square in Caracas

An opposition demonstrator pauses during clashes with police at Altamira square in Caracas February 27, 2014. Venezuelans began a week-long national holiday on Thursday as some protests still simmered but President Nicolas Maduro’s government was hoping the break will take the heat out of the nation’s worst unrest for a decade. The graffiti reads: ‘Maduro murder’. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (VENEZUELA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)