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Within Venezuela and in cities across the world, Venezuelans demonstrated on 17 August in support of the opposition's claim to González's election win. [70] Machado had called for the rally—the Great World Protest for the Truth (Gran Protesta Mundial por la Verdad) [ 71 ] —to demonstrate "respect for popular sovereignty" and reinforce the ...
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 ...
17 March – Teachers across Venezuela planned a nationwide strike after Minister of Education, Hector Rodriguez, denied to fix wages that had become inadequate due to the high level of inflation in Venezuela. [90] Protester Christian Holdack, who was processed alongside Leopoldo López, was released from prison. [91]
Crowds held a vigil for those who died during the protests near the Prados del Este highway. [313] 18 April – A student in Valencia was killed after being shot at least seven times. [314] Maria Corina Machado returned to Venezuela after meeting with members of the European Union. [315]
Voter turnout was the lowest in Venezuela's modern history after the opposition boycotted the election out of protest. [ 34 ] 21 May – Venezuelans across the country participated in small protests against the election results, with the largest demonstration organized by Soy Venezuela occurring near the Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air ...
During his first year as president, López Contreras also faced a labor strike that paralyzed the oil industry in Zulia state, in western Venezuela, where the most productive fields were located. His representative there from the labor ministry, Carlos Ramírez MacGregor , made a report of the situation, which confirmed the workers’ grievances.
In Maracaibo, the second largest city of Venezuela, protests were dispersed by police forces with tear gas and rubber bullets. [51] El Nacional reported how tear gas was thrown from helicopters. [52] Two lawmakers were also briefly detained in Maracaibo. [51] [52] The same day, Maduro called a rival march.
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.