Two men killed as chaos erupts in Venezuela

Elsewhere in Tachira, demonstrators threw rocks and set an armoured truck on fire.

Chaos has erupted in western Venezuela during another round of protests against the socialist government, with buildings set afire, tear gas swirling around protesters and at least two people killed.

Thousands hauled folding chairs, beach umbrellas and protest signs on to main roads for a 12-hour "sit-in against the dictatorship," the latest in a month and a half of street demonstrations that have resulted in dozens of deaths.