Protests continue for the Venezuelan crisis and Parliament supports them

ARCHIVER | REFERENCE | A group of patients is gathered in front of the Ministry of Health today, Wednesday, April 18, 2018, to demonstrate against the lack of drugs for the treatment of HIV, Parkinson's disease and acromegaly, to Caracas (Venezuela). EFE / MIGUEL GUTIÉRREZ

The union and neighborhood protests of Venezuela reached their ninth consecutive day and obtained support from an opposition-controlled parliamentary commission, which supported the protesters' demands and He promised to mediate before the executive to find solutions.

The chairman of the Commission for Social Development of the House, José Manuel Olivares, said at the end of a meeting with several health unions that the Legislature will badume "mediated protection" of the conflict since "today".

"Solutions are needed and international organizations are also informed of the appropriate protection and rationalization of solutions to the health union, which is protesting today" added the deputy .

After the meeting, the deputies of the Commission for Social Development visited the facilities of the University Hospital or Caracas (HUC) and noted the gaps in the supply of equipment and materials.

The unions of nurses and workers of Venezuela's public health system have protested since last week by demanding wage increases and better working conditions. because they also denounce the inadequacy of hospital equipment, all dependent on the executive.

Although nurses were the first to protest, today workers, administrative and medical staff support the protests.

The nurses reiterate the protest continues "indefinitely", although in recent days they report that emergencies as well as vaccinations are followed despite the cessation of activities.

Doctors, biobadysts and workers denounce that their wages are also insufficient to cope with national hyperinflation which causes prices to rise 2.4% every day, according to Parliament.

In this sense, the opposition MP Manuela Bolivar said today that the public health system is maintained thanks to the "voluntary work" of its workers, because their income is "a misery".

"Although the fight is wage There must be a change in the economic model in the country (…) we are collapsing" he said.

The protest of health care workers has been repeated today in several states of the interior. last week: with demonstrations in public hospitals to make the same claims.

Similarly, several manifestations of small demonstrations were generated in the country to denounce the deterioration of public services, a situation that has worsened in recent years

In the east of Caracas, a demonstration was recorded for the second consecutive day by urban transport users to demand the increase of pbadage and the absence of a United Nations to mobilize the millions of inhabitants of the Venezuelan capital .

Meanwhile, in the west of the city, dozens of people were blocking a street to claim the return of the water supply interrupted more than a year ago.

Lack of water is a recurring pattern of neighborhood protests in all the states of the oil country, as happened today in the state of Lara (west) .

In this same region a group of workers of the state company Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Cantv) also protested to claim wage increases

Those who claim better wages, such as those of the Corporación Eléctrica (Corpoelec), depend exclusively on the state, which is the main employer of the country. 19659005] For this reason, the Association of University Teachers today announced the possibility of calling a national workers' strike Friday as a mechanism of p Resión to seek answers from the government of Nicolás Maduro .

The idea was voiced by the spokesperson of the university professors, Víctor Márquez, and he badured that this measure could be a more powerful way of denouncing the deteriorating conditions of life and work.

Local media and social media users report daily dozens of social events that occur daily in the country, according to figures from the Venezuelan Social Conflict Observatory (OVCS)

Venezuela, the country with the largest proven reserves of oil on the planet, is suffering from a severe economic crisis that is resulting in a shortage of food and basic medicines and hyperinflation. obtaining products from the decreasing supply of them.EFE