Bloomberg: Venezuela’s Poor Rebel, Roiling Maduro’s Socialist Strongholds
* In western Caracas, fury erupts when food program falters
* ‘People protest when there are no other options. It’s madness’
In Caracas, the rich and poor are suddenly less divided.
For most of Venezuela’s two-decade socialist experiment, the city’s wealthier, whiter east has been the hotbed of anti-government sentiment. Now, noisy protests are erupting in poorer-but-calmer western neighborhoods that were strongholds for embattled President Nicolas Maduro as crime explodes and medicine and food are scarce and expensive.
Residents in neighborhoods like La Candelaria, blocks from the presidential Miraflores Palace, erect barricades and yell slogans against Maduro’s government, banging pots and pans from inside their homes. They’re increasingly demanding a change in government, infuriated by mismanagement and Maduro’s proposed constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution -- and perhaps seize total control.
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Venezuelan Opposition Seeks Unofficial July 16 Vote on Maduro Plan -- US News and World Report/Reuters
Venezuela marks 3 months of anti-Maduro protests -- Press TV
Maduro boosts Venezuela’s minimum wage for 3rd time this year -- The Guardian/AFP
Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro increases minimum wage again -- UPI
For struggling Venezuelans, relief lies just across the bridge in Colombia -- CNN
A Look At The Ongoing Upheaval In Venezuela -- NPR
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Pope Francis calls for 'diplomatic solution' to end violence in Venezuela -- DW
Venezuela: poor suffer most in economic turmoil -- Guillermo Galdos, Channel 4 News
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