VICE News/Reuters: Crisis in Venezuela: Anti-Government Protests Descend Into Violence
Venezuelan security forces fired tear gas and played cat and mouse with protesters on Wednesday in order to block a march demanding a recall referendum aimed at ousting President Nicolás Maduro.
"We want to protest and they won't let us past even though these are public spaces," said Josefina Rubio during the third opposition rally in a week in downtown Caracas, the country's capital. "That man [President Maduro] has taken off his mask... but we will keep taking to the streets."
Venezuela's political opposition coalition has already gathered two million signatures in favor of a referendum on the future of Maduro, who is widely blamed for an acute economic crisis that includes chronic shortages of basic goods, as well as hyperinflation.
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WNU Editor: This report and its pictures reminds me on what was the state of affairs of hospitals in the Soviet Union before the break-up .... No electricity, no antibiotics, no beds, no soap: A devastating look inside Venezuela's crisis-hit hospitals where 7 babies die a day, bleeding patients lie strewn on the floor, and doctors try to operate without tools (Daily Mail). but for the Venezuelan government .... I am sure this is what they are really worried about .... Angry streets, not recall, may be Venezuela leader's biggest risk (Reuters).
More News On The Unrest In Venezuela
Venezuela crisis: Tear gas fired at anti-Maduro protest -- BBC
Venezuelan Anti-Government Protesters Clash With Police -- AP
Police block anti-Maduro protest in Caracas -- AFP
Venezuelan police fire teargas at protesters as national crisis intensifies -- The Guardian
Venezuelan Police Disperse Protests for Second Time in a Week -- Bloomberg
Venezuela security forces block anti-Maduro protesters -- Channel News Asia
US Embassy suspends visas in Venezuela over staff shortages -- AP
Venezuela economy fractured with shortages of essentials across the country -- Euronews
Venezuelans on the food and economic crisis blighting their daily lives -- The Guardian
What has gone wrong in Venezuela? -- BBC
2 comments:
The priority is to protect people, and the revocation mandate referendum of mid-term is a democratic option introduced by Chavez, so Maduro can't negate that expression of people will, or a tragedy become a farce and what is good risk to fall with credibility.
Leave people decide and let's see. There will be another time to win.
Fu***ng U.S. and oligarchy lobby allowing.
This guy(Maduro) remind me of Nicolae Ceausescu....and we all do now what happened to him.
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