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"Let me put this clearly. Y’all need to step it up. The time to discard what you thought you knew about the way things work in Venezuela is now." Done. But I
by rblatz 13y ago
"Let me put this clearly. Y’all need to step it up. The time to discard what you thought you knew about the way things work in Venezuela is now."
Done. But I didn't really know how things worked there before either.
- DanielRibeiro 13y agoThis is a nice writeup of what has been going on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Venezuelan_protests#Government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Venezuelan_protests#Govern... What I get from it in a nutshell: the protestors started by the group who was unhappy with the continuation of Hugo Chavez's government. That group has lost a lot of legitimacy after 2002's attempt coup[1], but the pro-government repression has been brutal, and that situation is brutally escalating. Edit: a more comprehensive summary from CNN[2]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Venezuelan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Venezuelan_coup_d%27%C3%A9... [2] http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/20/world/americas/venezuela-qa/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/20/world/americas/venezuela-qa/
- andrewcooke 13y agoi posted this in another thread, but just as it slipped off front page. http://feministing.com/2014/02/20/toward-a-nuanced-feminist-discussion-on-venezuela/ http://feministing.com/2014/02/20/toward-a-nuanced-feminist-... it's a good description of what's happening (i know this is HN, and anything with "feminist" causes a shitstorm, but really it's just a very careful first person account that tries to explain all sides, so please skip the title). but that was written before whatever happened today/last night.
- growupkids 13y agoAnother brutal communist dictatorship. Why is it that some people think this one will somehow be different? It's always always always the same.