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CARACAS – The first hours of Wednesday are already tense
Venezuela
a symbolic date for the country. On the night of Tuesday and this morning, hundreds of people, including in Caracas, took to the streets to start a day of protests against the president.
Nicolás Maduro
. Demonstrations reached the poor neighborhoods of the capital, formerly the stronghold of President Hugo Chávez (1999-2013), in which were panélaos and, according to the Observatory of the social conflict, at least 60 demonstrations.
In several streets, barricades with garbage and burnt tires were formed. According to the Observatory of Social Conflicts, a 16-year-old boy died in the favela Catia, in the western sector of Caracas. According to the website Cocuyo Effect, his name is Allixon Pizani. Five people were shot dead during the crackdown on government forces. Police and activists confirmed Wednesday that there were three more dead during the Bolivar protests, reported France Presse.
The district of Catia, comparable to Rocinha, was during the 2000s a stronghold chaviste. The situation began to change with the deterioration of the economic and social situation – inflation exceeding 1,000,000% in 2018 and a drop in GDP of 50% between 2014 and 2018. A 35-year-old driver in Catia, France. Israel, told Ibarra According to Reuters, the government and the opposition "must reach an agreement to get out of this situation, because the population suffers and deteriorates our quality of life".
According to the Venezuelan press, a statue of Hugo Chávez, Maduro's predecessor, was set on fire Tuesday night to protest against the current government. The episode was produced in San Felix, in the state of Bolivar.
The wave of protests erupted after a group of officers from the army and the Bolivian National Guard (GNB) mutinied Monday against the government. The group stole weapons and military vehicles and entrenched them at the headquarters of Cotiza, Caracas. The government quickly reacted and arrested 27 soldiers. In a precarious financial situation and with greater contact with the population, GNB members are
the weakest link
of military support to the Maduro government.
Civilian groups supported the riot and took to the streets. For this Wednesday, a day of high tension is expected, celebrated on January 23 between the Venezuelans, date of the coup d'etat that overthrew the dictatorship of General Marcos Perez Jimenez in 1958. After ten years in power, he and his family fled that day to the Dominican Republic.
Traditionally, Venezuelans celebrate this date every year, even if they are on the same side of the political spectrum. In 2019, the leader of the opposition and President of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, called Maduro government dissatisfied to demand "the end of the usurpation, a transitional government and elections free. " He urged the armed forces and the people to unite against the president.
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In turn, Maduro also calls his supporters to the streets to defend his so-called socialist revolution against the plan according to which, according to the president, the United States would lead him to overthrow him. It is planned the participation of the head of the palace of Miraflores at the steps.
– I appeal to the Venezuelan people: calm, sanity, maximum awareness and maximum popular mobilization for the defense of the country, democracy and the Constitution – said Maduro Tuesday evening in a televised speech. "We are not intimidated, we do not want fighting, we want peace.
The opposition argued that Maduro's new term, which took office on October 10, is illegitimate because of the conditions under which he was re-elected in May 2018. The Assembly declared the President , a "usurper" and discusses a decree that would lead to the formation of a transitional government to convene new elections.
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