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Maduro said the minimum wage increase was a "necessary defense" against inflation, [352] while Vice President Jorge Arreaza announced that the unemployment rate in Venezuela is at a record low of 7.2%. [353] Protesters gathered at Altamira Square and were dispersed by authorities leaving some injured from pellets. [355]
Since Hugo Chávez was elected President of Venezuela in 1998, he and his political ambitions proved to be controversial.. President Hugo Chávez in 2010. Under Chávez, oil revenues in the 2000s brought funds not seen in Venezuela since the 1980s, with Chávez's government becoming "semi-authoritarian and hyper-populist", investing heavily in public works which initially benefited Venezuelans.
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 ...
Leopoldo López and María Corina Machado, presenting La Salida. Juan Guaidó is behind.. La Salida (lit. ' The Exit ') was a Venezuelan opposition political campaign launched on 23 January 2014 that was based on civil disobedience in an effort to bring an end to the government of President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuela's opposition says its leader María Corina Machado was briefly arrested and then freed after addressing a protest rally on the eve of President Nicolás Maduro's disputed inauguration ...
2014 Venezuelan protests. Presidential pre-candidate in the 2013 presidential election and MUD leader during the 2014 Venezuelan protests. María Corina Machado: Come Venezuela: Presidential pre-candidate in the 2013 presidential election and MUD leader during the 2014 Venezuelan protests. Antonio Ledezma: Fearless People's Alliance
In the western oil city of Maracaibo an opposition protest of dozens of people was quickly dispersed by motorcycle-mounted security forces by late morning. In central Valencia, protesters were met ...
Italy summoned Venezuela's chief diplomat in Rome on Wednesday to protest over a lack of information on the fate of an Italian national arrested in the Latin American country two months ago, the ...