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The two men, flanked by members of the Venezuelan armed forces near La Carlota Air Force Base in Caracas, announced an uprising, [56] stating that this was the final phase of Operation Freedom. [57] Guaidó said: "People of Venezuela, it is necessary that we go out together to the street, to support the democratic forces and to recover our freedom.
4 April – At the JM de los Rios Children's Hospital in Caracas, dozens of Venezuelan children suffering from cancer protested due to the lack of attention and medicine that they suffer from. [ 24 ] 9 April – Dozens of Venezuelans suffering from Parkinson's disease protested in Plaza Altamira against the government after promised medicine ...
10 January – Nicolás Maduro is inaugurated for his second presidential term by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice. [1]11 January – The first open cabildo, a rally in the streets of Caracas, is held by National Assembly president Juan Guaidó, with many gathered there protesting against the failures of the Bolivarian government of Nicolás Maduro. [2]
The 2017 Venezuelan protests began in late January following the abandonment of Vatican-backed dialogue between the Bolivarian government and the opposition. The series of protests originally began in February 2014 when hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans protested due to high levels of criminal violence, inflation, and chronic scarcity of basic goods because of policies created by the ...
Venezuelans require their government-issued Carnet de la Patria ("Homeland" identity) cards to receive CLAP food. On 6 May 2017, it was reported that two individuals on Twitter, @yosoyjustin and @ERHDP calling themselves TeamHDPP, breached several Venezuelan government agencies and Internet portals, hacking information from Carnet de la Patria ...
[30] [31] Venezuelan authorities broke down doors to enter facilities and fired at students inside of the buildings. [31] At least 25 students were injured from both lead and plastic pellets fired from Venezuelan authorities at the ULA protest, with the injured students being treated by medical students on campus in order to avoid arrests. [31]
By September, Venezuela saw some of its largest protests in the country's history with over one million demonstrating on 1 September 2016 and 26 October 2016. Into November, protests ceased due to the Vatican-backed dialogue between the opposition and the Bolivarian government, though the talks began to fall apart by the end of December.