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Venezuela blocks anti-president march in Caracas, tear gas fired
President Nicolas Maduro accuses opposition of trying to stage coup with U.S.
An opposition supporter in Caracas carrying a banner that
reads 'There is no food' shouts to Venezuelan National Guards during a
rally to demand a referendum to remove Venezuela President Nicolas
Maduro,
Security forces fired tear gas on Wednesday to block an
intended march by protesters demanding a recall referendum to end
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's socialist rule.
But National Guard soldiers and police cordoned off the square where they planned to meet, so protesters milled instead in nearby streets waving flags and chanting anti-Maduro slogans.
Security forces used tear gas to control about 100 protesters in one street, witnesses said.
An anti-Maduro demonstration last Wednesday also turned violent, with troops using tear gas to quell stone-throwing protesters and an officer pepper-spraying opposition leader Henrique Capriles.
Maduro, a 53-year-old former bus driver who narrowly won election to
replace the late Hugo Chavez in 2013, accuses Capriles and other
opposition leaders of seeking a coup with the help of the United States.
The opposition coalition, capitalizing on popular discontent over the OPEC nation's economic crisis, won control of the National Assembly in December elections. But all the legislature's measures have been shot down by the government-leaning Supreme Court.
The opposition wants a recall referendum against Maduro this year in order to force a new presidential election.
But ruling Socialist Party officials say there is no time to organize such a vote this year and the election board is dragging its feet over the complicated procedure.
Should Maduro lose a referendum next year, his vice president
— currently Socialist Party stalwart Aristobulo Isturiz — would take
over.
During the weekend, Maduro declared a 60-day state of emergency, widening his powers to sidestep the legislature, intervene in the economy and control the streets, because of what he called U.S. and domestic plots against him.
Protester Jose Alirio, 48, said he had been a supporter of Chavez but was angry at Maduro.
"The bread shops are empty," said Alirio, a bus conductor. "I'm close to robbing. This man has to fix things or he should go."
Authorities also closed subway stations in Caracas on Wednesday in another measure to impede the protesters.
- Venezuela's president says owners of idle factories risk jail time
- Venezuela's ailing socialist experiment to be tested in elections
But National Guard soldiers and police cordoned off the square where they planned to meet, so protesters milled instead in nearby streets waving flags and chanting anti-Maduro slogans.
Security forces used tear gas to control about 100 protesters in one street, witnesses said.
'Venezuelans are tired, hungry.' - Alfredo Gonzalez, 76-year-old demonstrator"They're scared. Venezuelans are tired, hungry," said demonstrator Alfredo Gonzalez, 76, who wore a scarf over his mouth and said he had been sprayed with pepper gas.
An anti-Maduro demonstration last Wednesday also turned violent, with troops using tear gas to quell stone-throwing protesters and an officer pepper-spraying opposition leader Henrique Capriles.
Opposition supporters run away from tear gas
during clashes with riot police in a rally to demand a referendum to
remove President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, May 18, 2016.
(Marco Bello/Reuters)
The opposition coalition, capitalizing on popular discontent over the OPEC nation's economic crisis, won control of the National Assembly in December elections. But all the legislature's measures have been shot down by the government-leaning Supreme Court.
The opposition wants a recall referendum against Maduro this year in order to force a new presidential election.
But ruling Socialist Party officials say there is no time to organize such a vote this year and the election board is dragging its feet over the complicated procedure.
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro narrowly
won the election to replace the late Hugo Chavez in 2013. (Carlos
Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
Protests, looting becoming common
Beyond the opposition's formal protest campaign, spontaneous street protests and looting are becoming more common around Venezuela amid worsening food shortages, frequent power and water cuts, and inflation that is the highest in the world.During the weekend, Maduro declared a 60-day state of emergency, widening his powers to sidestep the legislature, intervene in the economy and control the streets, because of what he called U.S. and domestic plots against him.
Protester Jose Alirio, 48, said he had been a supporter of Chavez but was angry at Maduro.
"The bread shops are empty," said Alirio, a bus conductor. "I'm close to robbing. This man has to fix things or he should go."
Authorities also closed subway stations in Caracas on Wednesday in another measure to impede the protesters.
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