Activists say five Venezuela protesters injured by gunshots
Source: Reuters
CARACAS (Reuters) - Armed pro-government groups attacked and shot at people protesting against President Nicolas Maduro's government in western Venezuela, injuring five, activists said.
Men on motorbikes belonging to militant community groups known as "colectivos" attacked the demonstrators late on Tuesday in the Andean city of Merida, the activists said, the latest unrest over a series of anti-government protests in Venezuela.
There was no comment from government officials on the incident. They have been accusing hardline Venezuelan opposition leaders of promoting violent demonstrations as part of a wider strategy to bring down the 10-month-old Maduro government.
A human rights activists who works with the opposition party Popular Will said the five injured in Merida were aged between 15 and 34, and all had bullet-wounds.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-venezuela-protests-idUSBREA1B17U20140212
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After all, Venezuela is a thriving socialist paradise with a robust economy. Right?
Ooops, I was wrong.
...(other than an age range from 15 to 34). No quotes from victims or their friends or relatives. Just "activists said" (and we're talking rightwing activists who are notorious for their thuggery in Venezuela, not to mention their lies, and not to mention their lies about shooters*). No description of the alleged perps. No police report. The only quote is by "Tamara Suju," who is described as "a human rights activists (sic) who works with the opposition party Popular Will." No verification of her status or credentials as "a human rights activists." No human rights group mentioned. No way to verify or evaluate her allegation. (She could be--and probably is--just a shill for the fascists.)
This is typical of Rotters and other 1%-er disinformation agencies and their alleged 'reporting.' I've learned over the last decade to distrust EVERYTHING they publish about Venezuela. And I distrust this. They lie. They really do. And they are plugged into the lying liars in Venezuela and instantly broadcast their lying lies around the world WITHOUT VERIFICATION, time and again. Wall Street wants to crush this socialist government, the pioneer of the leftist democracy movement that has swept South America. That's all Rotters needs to know to print garbage 'reporting' like this.
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*(See "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised."
Sounds like a drug cartel, not a government operation. Or the Koch vision for the USA.
This one is my favorite, where the evil fascist violent murderous protesters go to the top 1% house, with a big gate, and filled with national guard security, ready and willing to defend Venezuela's boligarchs:
