Oppositiom protest – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Sun, 13 Feb 2022 15:20:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Oppositiom protest – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Venezuelan opposition gathers to hear call for unity https://onvenezuela.com/venezuelan-opposition-gathers-to-hear-call-for-unity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelan-opposition-gathers-to-hear-call-for-unity Mon, 14 Feb 2022 12:12:00 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=13463

Venezuelan opposition parties on Saturday staged one of their largest rallies since the coronavirus pandemic erupted, hearing calls for unity to end more than two decades of socialist governments — though they were outnumbered by a pro-government demonstration elsewhere in the capital. By Regina García Cano. Full Text -> abcNews

Traducción de cortesía -> Los partidos de la oposición venezolana organizaron el sábado una de sus manifestaciones más grandes desde que estalló la pandemia del coronavirus y escucharon llamados a la unidad para poner fin a más de dos décadas de gobiernos socialistas, aunque fueron superados en número por una manifestación a favor del gobierno en otras partes de la capital. Traducción al español -> Google Translación

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Opposition street marches wear thin for some Venezuelans https://onvenezuela.com/opposition-street-marches-wear-thin-for-some-venezuelans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opposition-street-marches-wear-thin-for-some-venezuelans Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:02:26 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=1977

“The modest turnout (for Tuesday’s protest) once again suggests the need for a pivot in strategy,” said David Smilde, a senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America. “International pressure and street mobilizations are not going to make the Maduro government fall.”Smilde said Venezuela’s opposition, which is backed by roughly 60 nations, should focus on how to force fairness in legislative elections expected later this year and better communicate to followers the need to shift strategies. By Jorge Rueda and Scott Smith. Full text-> PBS

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Venezuelan bishops’ conference backs pro-democracy marches, calls for change https://onvenezuela.com/venezuelan-bishops-conference-backs-pro-democracy-marches-calls-for-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelan-bishops-conference-backs-pro-democracy-marches-calls-for-change Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:30:00 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=1989

“Today, March 10, the Venezuelan people have returned to the streets demanding their rights and manifesting their desire for a change of direction in the economy and the political order to permit democracy,” the president of the Venezuelan bishops’ conference, Archbishop José Luis Azuaje of Maracaibo, said in a statement. Full text-> Catholic News Agency

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Venezuelan police fire tear gas at opposition protest https://onvenezuela.com/venezuelan-police-fire-tear-gas-at-opposition-protest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelan-police-fire-tear-gas-at-opposition-protest Tue, 10 Mar 2020 18:39:09 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=1939

 Venezuelan riot police fired tear gas at a demonstration in Caracas called by opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday to demand elections to replace leftist President Nicolas Maduro. Thousands of protesters started marching from the east of Caracas towards the National Assembly when they were blocked by a police barricade. Full text-> Yahoo News

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