[JJ Roberts]

The political unrest and rioting in Venezuela is off the scale right now.

For a week now I have been seeing shit you won't believe being posted by Venezuelan friends of mine on FB.

None of this shit is in the news. Why?

Apart from one BBC story I haven't seen anything.

Should I post up some of the stuff they have been putting on FB?

[philly22]

I saw it on a spanish news channel. Yea not getting much press in America

[the_ox]

There're some news on The Guardian, like this one: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree...ge-mistake

[Onto]

It is the news. I saw an article in a major paper about some local femle model getting shot in the head or something. As expected, once a pretty girl or gay gets hurt it becomes news.

[Private Man]

Well shit, my second ex-wife is visiting her family in Venezuela right now! The story is getting some coverage here in south Florida, but for obvious reasons.

[Justice Beaver]

Are the protests & violence only happening in Caracas? I've also been checking on BBC news for any coverage but it's seems to have died down.

[Tex Pro]

[Tex Pro]

[azulsombra]

I saw at least 6mins dedicated to it on CNN this tuesday. Still the whole thing is overshadowed by whats currently going on in Kiev and the Olympics in sochi. It would probably get more attention on a slower newsweek.

[JJ Roberts]

(02-20-2014 12:27 PM)Justice Beaver Wrote:  

Are the protests & violence only happening in Caracas? I've also been checking on BBC news for any coverage but it's seems to have died down.

Its been going on for a whole week non stop.

[vinman]

It's going in in parts of Turkey, and Ukraine as well. If it doesn't involve celebrities or pageant winners the American media won't cover it.

[JJ Roberts]

National Guards shooting down protesters in Caracas,

https://twitter.com/2001OnLine/status/43...81/photo/1

Barriers being rammed plus somo molotov cocktails just for fun

https://twitter.com/SJP_07/status/434821...to/1/large

[JJ Roberts]

Another video

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152602729294112

[JJ Roberts]

(02-20-2014 12:27 PM)Justice Beaver Wrote:  

Are the protests & violence only happening in Caracas? I've also been checking on BBC news for any coverage but it's seems to have died down.

Nope

There is a report here about the violence spreading to Valencia where the local beauty contestant got shot in the head by a motorcyclist.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=101...=2&theater

[JJ Roberts]

Aunt of student that was hurt being interviewed. I dont think you need to understand the spanish to understand the levels of anger here and how sick and angry people are at the government.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=761406653870735

[JJ Roberts]

Even bigger protest set to kick off in 2 days time

[JJ Roberts]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...=1&theater

[JJ Roberts]

Article in English about this from a Venezuelan broadcast journalist in Miami called Claudia.

(Yes of course she is hot, she is Venezuelan. Not pointing this out to trivialise what going on, just to get you to read the article )

http://elitedaily.com/news/politics/yout...situation/

[JJ Roberts]

Video of a guy who lost an eye after a tear gas cannister was thrown at him

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=101...=2&theater

[Big Nilla]

(02-20-2014 01:42 PM)JJ Roberts Wrote:  

(02-20-2014 12:27 PM)Justice Beaver Wrote:  

Are the protests & violence only happening in Caracas? I've also been checking on BBC news for any coverage but it's seems to have died down.

Nope

There is a report here about the violence spreading to Valencia where the local beauty contestant got shot in the head by a motorcyclist.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=101...=2&theater

This pisses me off. They need to shoot the ugly and fat people 1st. Geez!

[WD-40]

(02-20-2014 11:43 AM)JJ Roberts Wrote:  

None of this shit is in the news. Why?

Apart from one BBC story I haven't seen anything.

It is all over the news here in LatAm, but it's not in Anglosphere news because nobody there cares.

[JJ Roberts]

Photos of Venezuela burning

http://elitedaily.com/news/politics/thes...la-photos/

[assman]

(02-20-2014 01:32 PM)JJ Roberts Wrote:  

National Guards shooting down protesters in Caracas,

^^^ This is what happens to a disarmed citizenry.

The people's vote is as good as the ability of the people to back it up with force. As Chairman Mao said, "Political power grows from the barrel of a gun". He understood it well, which is why he made sure his government had a monopoly on violence, and why the statists in America are so hell bent on doing the same here.

[RexImperator]

There was some coverage on NPR this morning but Ukraine is getting more attention.

[JJ Roberts]

(02-20-2014 03:16 PM)assman Wrote:  

^^^ This is what happens to a disarmed citizenry.

Ha ha, you do realise that Caracas is the murder capital of the world, right?

You know what that means? Tons of guns. I could get hold of a gun in Caracas far easier than in the US.

PS I am from the UK. People don't have guns there. Neither do the police. Result? Police don't shoot citizens. Weird huh?