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History for YOU to know what's Happening
Updated Video: (Wednesday of countless arrests/Caracas May 14)
If you have any questions or need a translation, just ask. My duty is to show the world the truth of what is occurring in my country because tomorrow it is going to get worse. Please stay close to the news.
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There is a crisis in Venezuela. Already one of the most violent places on Earth a person is murdered every 21 minutes, and there were roughly 24,700 violent deaths last year the country is in the throes of a massive shake-up.
For the past few months, Leopold Lopez has led an opposition movement against President Nicolas Maduro's government, which has been running the country into the ground. Since taking over for the deceased Hugo Chavez in April 2013, Maduro has led Venezuela to 56% inflation rate and a 50% increase in the budget deficit, prompting China to cut back on its $20 billion loan, and Moody's and Standard & Poor to downgrade Venezuelan bonds to "junk" status. Additionally, the once-strong dollar has dropped from an 8 to 1 exchange rate relative to the U.S. dollar at Chavez's death, to a disastrous 87 to 1.
In response, Maduro has taken to blaming U.S.-backed "fascists" and the "parasitic bourgeoisie." He has also called for more state intervention. This has only made things harder for the private sector, which has since made it nearly impossible for Venezuelans to get food and other basic material necessities.
Consequently, people like Lopez have been leading dissatisfied Venezuelans in protest. But it wasn't until Venezuela's Youth Day last week that things really took a bad turn. Swarms of young people mostly aged 18 to 25 took to the streets to peacefully protest Maduro's poor governance, but state police quickly tried to corral them. At least three protesters were shot dead and many more were injured. Maduro has since charged Lopez with terrorism and murder for inciting the riots where Maduro's government killed people.
Since then, more young people have protested Maduro's government and the awful treatment of the Venezuelan people, especially the young people who have died during these demonstrations. Because of the government's tight control of the news outlets and television networks, very little coverage has seeped out of the country. Young people have been using Twitter and other forms of social media to organize, but the government's crackdown on dissent has been swift and severe.
Maduro and his many arms of government have sworn to put a hard stop to these protests and opposition groups. But the situation is spiraling further and further out of control each day. As Businessweek points out, the last time Venezuela experienced such aggressive instability was during the 1989 Caracazo riots, which led to the regime change that placed Hugo Chavez in power.
For the past few months, Leopold Lopez has led an opposition movement against President Nicolas Maduro's government, which has been running the country into the ground. Since taking over for the deceased Hugo Chavez in April 2013, Maduro has led Venezuela to 56% inflation rate and a 50% increase in the budget deficit, prompting China to cut back on its $20 billion loan, and Moody's and Standard & Poor to downgrade Venezuelan bonds to "junk" status. Additionally, the once-strong dollar has dropped from an 8 to 1 exchange rate relative to the U.S. dollar at Chavez's death, to a disastrous 87 to 1.
In response, Maduro has taken to blaming U.S.-backed "fascists" and the "parasitic bourgeoisie." He has also called for more state intervention. This has only made things harder for the private sector, which has since made it nearly impossible for Venezuelans to get food and other basic material necessities.
Consequently, people like Lopez have been leading dissatisfied Venezuelans in protest. But it wasn't until Venezuela's Youth Day last week that things really took a bad turn. Swarms of young people mostly aged 18 to 25 took to the streets to peacefully protest Maduro's poor governance, but state police quickly tried to corral them. At least three protesters were shot dead and many more were injured. Maduro has since charged Lopez with terrorism and murder for inciting the riots where Maduro's government killed people.
Since then, more young people have protested Maduro's government and the awful treatment of the Venezuelan people, especially the young people who have died during these demonstrations. Because of the government's tight control of the news outlets and television networks, very little coverage has seeped out of the country. Young people have been using Twitter and other forms of social media to organize, but the government's crackdown on dissent has been swift and severe.
Maduro and his many arms of government have sworn to put a hard stop to these protests and opposition groups. But the situation is spiraling further and further out of control each day. As Businessweek points out, the last time Venezuela experienced such aggressive instability was during the 1989 Caracazo riots, which led to the regime change that placed Hugo Chavez in power.
Updated Video: (Wednesday of countless arrests/Caracas May 14)
If you have any questions or need a translation, just ask. My duty is to show the world the truth of what is occurring in my country because tomorrow it is going to get worse. Please stay close to the news.
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Just updated the topic with the summary of april of the protests in Caracas. Please TTG take notice of what is going in Venezuela.
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I didnt really understand why they was protesting ?
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olo wrote I didnt really understand why they was protesting ?
There protesting about the government as what most people protest about.
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Rings wroteolo wrote I didnt really understand why they was protesting ?
There protesting about the government as what most people protest about.
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Why is it that governments are all beginning to fail now? There is Ukraine, now this.. Why aren't people going in and stopping the corrupt officials and, I guess, killing them rather than waiting until they kill all of the innocent civilians? Sorry for sounding stupid, I'm only a sophomore
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Acme, I'm from Venezuela and to answer your question; This dictatorship has been for the last 16 years (my age) which was started by Hugo Chavez and moved on to the current president Nicolas Maduro. Students from the universities are fed up because there is no food, no water, no electricity and no money. The money has been stolen from the oil industries which is now the biggest oil production country in the world. Now we are on a economic crisis and venezuelans are currently on the streets fighting for there lifes. Please if you have any questions please ask me personally.
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Updated video just posted. Human rights are completely untaken. Wait to see the women who fights against a Police riot troop
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