Venezuela, the day after the uprising: "Operation Libertad" challenges the repression of Chavismo in the streets

People walk with their heads down, cars do not stop at the traffic lights and the remains of burned logs at street corners are waiting to be re-lit. This is how Caracas woke up Thursday after the second day of protests against Nicolás Maduro. Protests throughout Venezuela, which have been repressed by the army, police and paramilitaries of Chavez, have left a balance between four dead.

In full agitation in this Caribbean country, Nelson Castro traveled as a special envoy of TN in Caracas, to offer minute-by-minute coverage. "It is dangerous for journalists to work near the barracks, but we are in a hot area of ​​the Venezuelan capital, where they stole cameras and other objects from our colleagues," he said. he declares.

According to the journalist, there is a "Absolute social disorder" in the Venezuelan streets and the rules are no longer respected. "People do not talk and do not look at us with surprise because we broadcast because, in general, the media are trying to protect themselves in a caravan", he explained, about the insecurity that reigns in the worst social crisis nation.

During the live broadcast, a citizen approached Nelson and showed him a tear gas and one shotgun cartridge I was hidden in a bag of potato chips. "Today, we are not afraid, we are with irons because we must liberate Venezuela. We need to build democracy so that our children and grandchildren have the food they should be, "said the man.

"The repression of yesterday by the National Guard has been hard: those who were our friends are now our enemies, we must move forward and we must not back down, we must seek democracy," said the Venezuelan leader. rest of the armament of the army and continues its march.

After the brief interview, Nelson said that it was necessary for people to let people know what was going on in Venezuela. "Everyone is cautious and quiet, no one knows who is who and everyone feels spied on," he added.

Members of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, military police) and the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) fired tear gas and rubber bullets at most of the anti-Chavez sympathizers in order to avoid the marches planned by the opponents Wednesday.

The marches were convened by the acting president appointed by Parliament, Juan Guaidó, before the outbreak of the uprising against Maduro, through the so-called "Free Operation".

The repression of the anti-Chavez demonstrations, of hardness never seen this year, provoked the reaction of several international organizations. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said he was "extremely concerned by reports of excessive use of force by security forces against protesters in Venezuela. ", in a statement signed by her spokeswoman, María Hurtado, and disclosed in Geneva.