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"Venezuela will be free, I can't guarantee the day or the time. It might be before, during or after January 10, but it will happen." Gonzalez and Machado have repeatedly urged the police and ...
Within Venezuela and in cities across the world, Venezuelans demonstrated on 17 August in support of the opposition's claim to González's election win. [70] Machado had called for the rally—the Great World Protest for the Truth (Gran Protesta Mundial por la Verdad) [ 71 ] —to demonstrate "respect for popular sovereignty" and reinforce the ...
Known as the Law on the supervision, regulation, action and financing of non-governmental and related organizations (Spanish: Ley de fiscalización, regularización, actuación y financiamiento de las organizaciones no gubernamentales y afines) it was passed in the context of the post-election climate of arbitrary arrests. [188]
In Maracaibo, the second largest city of Venezuela, protests were dispersed by police forces with tear gas and rubber bullets. [51] El Nacional reported how tear gas was thrown from helicopters. [52] Two lawmakers were also briefly detained in Maracaibo. [51] [52] The same day, Maduro called a rival march.
During his first year as president, López Contreras also faced a labor strike that paralyzed the oil industry in Zulia state, in western Venezuela, where the most productive fields were located. His representative there from the labor ministry, Carlos Ramírez MacGregor , made a report of the situation, which confirmed the workers’ grievances.
Protesters sign saying, "Why do I protest? Insecurity, scarcity, injustices, repression, deceit. For my future." Demonstrations against violence in Venezuela began in January 2014, [29] and continued, when former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles shook the hand of President Maduro; [30] this "gesture... cost him support and helped propel" opposition leader Leopoldo López Mendoza to the ...
Venezuela's reliance on imported goods and the complicated exchange rates initiated under Chávez led to increasing shortages during the late 2000s and into the 2010s that affected the availability of medicines and medical equipment in the country. [161] Associated Press says the government stopped publishing medical statistics in 2010. [162]
7 February – Venezuela's armed forces have barricaded a bridge on the country's western border with Colombia, in an attempt to prevent a delivery of humanitarian aid. [ 40 ] 10 February – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has vowed to open humanitarian aid routes with volunteer support into the country in defiance of the government ...