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While covering protests on 14 May, a group of reporters said they were assaulted by the National Guard saying they were fired at and that the National Guard attempted to arrest a reporter. [116] On 27 May 2014, a reporter for La Patilla was attacked for the third time while covering clashes when he was shot by the National Guard. [117]
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 ...
13 July – Former Vice President of Venezuela and journalist for the Venezuelan government's news agency AVN, José Vicente Rangel, warned government supporters of "terrorist attacks" occurring in mid-July, saying that the protests had left 42 dead, over 300 injured and 10 billion bolivares of damages.
Drawing inspiration from Ukraine's 2013-14 revolt, Venezuela's young protesters are donning Viking-like shields in battles with security forces.
The president said Venezuela's "law will be respected”. The election was seen as the toughest challenge yet for Mr Maduro who has been in power since the death of his mentor Hugo Chavez in 2013.
While protests first occurred in January, after the murder of actress and former Miss Venezuela Mónica Spear, [36] [37] the 2014 protests against Nicolás Maduro began in earnest that February following the attempted rape of a student [38] on a university campus in San Cristóbal. Subsequent arrests and killings of student protesters spurred ...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A Venezuelan Supreme Court justice and longtime government loyalist who fled the socialist country for a new life in the United States called Nicolas Maduro an ...
February 21 - 22-year-old Venezuelan beauty queen Génesis Carmona is shot in the head and killed while participating in a student protest against Nicolás Maduro's socialist government. February 21 - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro threatens to expel CNN from the country, alleging that they are helping the opposition.