Bloomberg: Journalists Assaulted Covering Food Protests in Downtown Caracas
* Protests in Venezuela are increasing as shortages worsen
* Electoral board cancels scheduled meeting, opposition says
At least 19 journalists were attacked while covering food protests in downtown Caracas on Thursday, Espacio Publico, a non-governmental organization that monitors freedom of expression in the Venezuelan capital, said in a statement on its website.
The assaults included robberies by members of the National Guard and armed civilians, Espacio Publico said. Caracas-based newspaper El Nacional reported that protests erupted outside a supermarket after shoppers were told that regulated goods they had expected to be available would not be up for sale.
“We categorically reject the criminalization that the press is being subjected to as they are held hostage, threatened and repeatedly intimidated by armed groups while they cover the street,” Espacio Publico said in a separate statement published by the opposition alliance on its website. The public prosecutor said in an e-mailed statement Thursday afternoon that it had appointed a judge to investigate the assaults.
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Update: 'No more talk. We want food!' Hungry Venezuelans try to storm presidential palace (FOX News).
WNU Editor: This is how revolutions start.
1 comment:
Communism and socialism fail because it is not done right.
That is what airheads tell us.
Let's send a whip smart socialist like Bernie or maybe a Nordic politician to show them how to do it right.
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