Venezuela president ready to escalate state of emergency
Source: AFP
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday he was prepared to escalate a state of emergency imposed this week after opposition-led protests in the capital and other cities.
Maduro told supporters he would give the order -- which implies suspending laws and rights to maintain public order -- if "violent" anti-government acts occurred.
In that event, "I will not hesitate if necessary to make such a decree to fight for the peace and security of this country," he said.
The declaration came after an anti-Maduro demonstration of around 1,000 people in the center of Caracas that was prevented from marching on to an electoral headquarters by riot police firing tear gas.
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hrmjustin
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(46,373 posts)nikto
(3,284 posts)And the Neoloberals lie in wait to take back the country for foreign financial interest$.
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On the Road
(20,783 posts)but this is not necessarily a precursor to an authoritarian state. There is a tradition in Venezuela of brief suspensions laws which have always been reversed. Chavez invoked these provisions as well some of his predecessors. While there were always cries of totalitarianism, things were brought back to normal relatively quickly.
Having said that, there is nothing normal about Venezuela this time. The oil price increase can't come soon enough.
moondust
(20,025 posts)by Venezuelan Supreme Court.
Breaking on France24.
Zorro
(15,756 posts)Bolivarian democracy in action.