From the top of that building over there. Its hard to see whats going on. Theyre using pepper protesters. The unrest has generated headlines around the world of a ruthless dictatorship crushing dissent with violence but in venezuela, there are competing narratives. Is this an authoritarian crackdown, or a clash between people with radically different visions for the future of their country . A year after the death of hugo chavez, fault lines is in caracas to find out whats really going on in the streets. In venezuela, the former president looms larger than life, even in death. The policies chavez implemented to redistribute oil wealth were polarizing from the start. In his first five years, he faced a coup, an oil lockout, and a recall vote from the countrys elite. Chavez survived it all, pushing forward what he called the bolivarian revolution and cutting poverty rates by more than half. He won three more terms in elections the International Community universally recognized as free an
Protesters. The unrest has generated headlines around the world of a ruthless dictatorship crushing dissent with violence but in venezuela, there are competing narratives. Is this an authoritarian crackdown, or a clash between people with radically different visions for the future of their country . A year after the death of hugo chavez, fault lines is in caracas to find out whats really going on in the streets. In venezuela, the former president looms larger than life, even in death. The policies chavez implemented to redistribute oil wealth were polarizing from the start. In his first five years, he faced a coup, an oil lockout, and a recall vote from the countrys elite. Chavez survived it all, pushing forward what he called the bolivarian revolution and cutting poverty rates by more than half. He won three more terms in elections the International Community universally recognized as free and fair. Its may first, and thousands of his supporters are out celebrating workers day, singin
Going on here. Juan montoya, a colectivo leader, came from a neighborhood called 23 de enero, where those groups are said to control the streets. He was one of the first People Killed when the protests started, and hes among at least 7 members of the Security Forces whove died in the violence. If hes the best example of police and colectivos working hand in hand to terrorize protesters, its not much to go on hes been dead since the violence began on february 12, and can no longer be held to account. At the headquarters of this colectivo, its montoyas work as a Community Organizer thats remembered. Genaro garcia is the leader of the group called catia presente while the term has become demonized outside venezuela, garcia tells us most of the groups are simply groups formed to help organize a particular community. Well its saturday morning looks Like Little League practice. Kids from the neighborhood playing basebell. You know weve been hearing a lot about colectivos as progovernment arm
Theres objects flying in all directions. Theres even tear gas coming from the top of that building over there. Its hard to see whats going on. Theyre using pepper protesters. The unrest has generated headlines around the world of a ruthless dictatorship crushing dissent with violence but in venezuela, there are competing narratives. Is this an authoritarian crackdown, or a clash between people with radically different visions for the future of their country . A year after the death of hugo chavez, fault lines is in caracas to find out whats really going on in the streets. In venezuela, the former president looms larger than life, even in death. The policies chavez implemented to redistribute oil wealth were polarizing from the start. In his first five years, he faced a coup, an oil lockout, and a recall vote from the countrys elite. Chavez survived it all, pushing forward what he called the bolivarian revolution and cutting poverty rates by more than half. He won three more terms in el
Well see what comes out of this the Russia Investigation Carson is making headlines this week theres been a lot of talk about what the president s a war youre mr giuliani said yesterday he basically said that hes not sure now that collusion is a crime and earlier today the u. S. President tweeted collusion is not a crime but it doesnt matter because there was no collusion except by Crooked Hillary and the democrats now the crime that could be revealed would be working with a foreign power to influence the u. S. Election so why the focus now on collusion not being a crime what do you think is going on here. Looks like the from campus trying to shift the goalposts a little bit again in the beginning after the election they said well there were no contacts with the russians from the trump camp from the campaign then it came out
in the United States right now and i have been following u. S. Politics since i studied here in the nineteen nineties it seems like the political dispute this chor