Anti-government demonstrators shout during a protest, at a barricade in San Cristobal

Anti-government demonstrators shout during a protest, at a barricade in San Cristobal, about 410 miles (660 km) southwest of 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. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins (VENEZUELA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)