Venezuela protests: Looting, shootings leave 13 dead in one day

[Kontinuum]

After weeks of violent protests that left at least 22 people dead, Venezuelans will take to the streets Saturday dressed in white to pay tribute to those killed in anti-government demonstrations this month.

The peaceful demonstrations planned nationwide come after at least 13 people were killed in one day in the capital of Caracas.
Nine of the victims were electrocuted as they tried to loot a bakery Thursday during chaotic anti-government protests in Caracas, according to the nation's minister for communication.
Three others were fatally shot and an additional death was reported in the city, but details were not immediately available.
Six people also suffered gunshot wounds as several other businesses, including two liquor stores, were looted and attacks were reported in the city's metro system, he said.

The death toll from incidents related to the protests this month has jumped to at least 22 people.
Within the first two weeks of April, six people were killed during anti-government protests. Three others were killed Wednesday in a series of protests described by opposition leaders as the "mother of all marches."

Violent clashes between supporters of the opposition and President Nicolas Maduro have hit Venezuela this month. The opposition is asking Maduro to step down, accusing him of eroding democracy.
On March 29, the Venezuelan Supreme Court dissolved the parliament and transferred all legislative powers to itself. The court's decision was eventually reversed, but protests against Maduro had already began.

Tensions have risen as Maduro has called protesters "vandals and terrorists," and security forces used cannons and tear gas canisters.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/22/am...otests-deaths/

[kail]

Damn socialisms!

[Kontinuum]

Damn socialisms!

These days, the American dream is more apt to be realized in South America, in places such as Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina, where incomes are actually more equal today than they are in the land of Horatio Alger. Who's the banana republic now?

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsr...reaten-america

[Taso]

It reminds me of what Marx stated that at the end of socialism into communism the state withers and dies. So I guess this is true.

[Spectral]

The peaceful [emphasis mine] demonstrations planned nationwide come after at least 13 people were killed in one day in the capital of Caracas.

American media organs really can't help themselves with this line.

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https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsr...reaten-america

That whole thing is pretty funny to read:

Less remarked, however, is the fact that America's wealth gap is also a race gap. As the Pew Research Center reported last week, the median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households. Think about that. In 2009, the typical black household had $5,677 in wealth -- defined as assets minus debts; the typical Hispanic household had $6,325; the typical white household, by contrast, had $113,149.

Notably absent is any commentary on Asian-Americans, but whatever. The real point is that if we all just had nothing, society would be egalitarian, which would be better than some people having more money than other people.

[Zoranon]

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsr...reaten-america

Wow turns out Sanders is even stupider than I though.

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https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsr...reaten-america

Sanders is a pathetic hypocrit.

[Zoranon]

Not even anyone in the USA saw the oil market crash coming, if it hadn't happened Sanders would've been absolutely correct.

Lol no, just no. Venezuela would have run out of things to steal eventually, it would just take longer time.

[satimy]

Didn't MSNBC try to blame this on Trump

[Zoranon]

Didn't MSNBC try to blame this on Trump

Well some people, and Maddow does belong into that group will blame everything on Trump.

[kail]

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsr...reaten-america

Ok? You're quoting a 2011 post from a senator.

[NED funded]

Not even anyone in the USA saw the oil market crash coming, if it hadn't happened Sanders would've been absolutely correct.

Venezuela had problems before the oil market crash. There were already food shortages when the price of the barrel was 100$. And had around 2% growth, which is pretty poor when it comed to developing nations.

[Mihalik]

When did this forum turn into a right wing circle jerk? Yes, Sanders was wrong on South America, but he is not wrong on every other modern developed nation that has figured out healthcare and education, but the US for some reason.

Yes, Maduro and his lackeys call themselves socialists...just like Tea baggers call themselves constitutionalists, conservative evangelicals call themselves Christians and the Chinese call themselves Communists. But neither of them have the vaguest idea what those words even mean, or they just intentionally hide behind it.

Maduro is a standard dime a dozen South American populist strongman. One of dozens you can mention and refer to in the past 70 years. They are all the same, left or right, it doesn't really matter, they nationalize shit, handed it over to their lackeys, create a strong populist base by giving them handouts, pour a bunch of money into the military, line their own pockets with money and then run the country into the ground. While waving the flag of populist nationalism and shedding crocodile tears over some mythical historical figure they want people to identify them with, Simon Bolivar, Pancho Villa, Santa Ana, or whatnot.

[Kalis]

Venezuela is just another in a long line of examples as to why Socialism is shit.

It fails to take into account important factors required of a successful political and economic system, like humans.