Looks like **** is hitting the fan in South-America as well.
A collection of pictures posted by Venezuelans:
http://imgur.com/gallery/4GgOL
RT has a news report:
http://rt.com/news/venezuela-riots-kill-students-827/
Remember that Venezuela is a semi-totalitarian State, where government control, especially of the media, is pretty total, but that there is a strong revolutionary undercurrent, that even Hugo Chavez had to tip-toe around.
Rise of petrol prices might have sparked these, though obviously it's not the only reason:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/10617632/Venezuelans-fume-as-government-signals-end-to-free-petrol.html
Corruption is the way of the land, and inflation rate is pretty horrid.
Manduros, the current president, is trying to prevent further protests by banning. Yeah, that'll work:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-13/venezuela-s-maduro-bans-street-protests-after-three-died.html
It is telling that Manduros still utilizes Cold War era communist rhetoric, and is blaming the opposition leaders for inciting the riots.
Yeah, as if people don't see what's happening around them. Talking about being out of touch.
A collection of pictures posted by Venezuelans:
http://imgur.com/gallery/4GgOL
RT has a news report:
http://rt.com/news/venezuela-riots-kill-students-827/
Remember that Venezuela is a semi-totalitarian State, where government control, especially of the media, is pretty total, but that there is a strong revolutionary undercurrent, that even Hugo Chavez had to tip-toe around.
Rise of petrol prices might have sparked these, though obviously it's not the only reason:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/10617632/Venezuelans-fume-as-government-signals-end-to-free-petrol.html
Corruption is the way of the land, and inflation rate is pretty horrid.
Manduros, the current president, is trying to prevent further protests by banning. Yeah, that'll work:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-13/venezuela-s-maduro-bans-street-protests-after-three-died.html
It is telling that Manduros still utilizes Cold War era communist rhetoric, and is blaming the opposition leaders for inciting the riots.
Yeah, as if people don't see what's happening around them. Talking about being out of touch.
