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    Valentina Villafane estaba sentada en su aula de segundo grado cuando una bomba de gas lacrimógeno explotó en su escuela. La directora de su escuela privada fuera de Barquisimeto, Venezuela, lo vio primero: un guardia nacional lanzaba la bomba que voló entre los barrotes de la puerta del recinto educativo...
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    Valentina Villafane was sitting in her second-grade classroom when the tear gas canister exploded. The principal of her private school outside Barquisimeto, Venezuela, saw it first — an errant volley from a national guardsman that flew between the bars of the school's gate and rolled to the front door. The...
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