CARACAS, Venezuela, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Venezuela's capital of Caracas was partly paralyzed for eight hours on Wednesday by bus drivers who blocked streets to protest the country's economic crisis under former bus driver President Nicolas Maduro.
A spokesman for the bus drivers said hundreds of drivers demand more pay and protection from violent crime. The drivers need funds to maintain their buses, while there is a scarcity of spare parts nationwide, the spokesman added, BBC News reports.