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April 21, 2017
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Week 04/17/2017

 

#Venezuela, the anti-government protests in Caracas

What is the story?

On Wednesday, April 19, opposition groups had called their supporters gathering for anti-government march in the capital, Caracas. Some of the marches turned violent, with protesters having conflict with the security forces. Till April 20th, there are already 3 deaths.

What are protestors seeking for?

Opposition leaders laid out four key demands ahead of the marches:

1.Removal from office of Supreme Court justices who issued a ruling stripping the National Assembly of its powers (the ruling has since been revoked)

2. General elections in 2017

3. Creation of a “humanitarian channel” to allow medication to be imported to counter the severe shortages in Venezuela

4. Release of all “political prisoners”

What happened next?

The Venezuela government stated that the protests were led by “imperialist forces”, especially the United States. The president Maduro strongly said “I won’t give in an inch.”

However, the protest has not ended yet. Until April 21th, the death number has increased to 10. For international community, nine main Latin America states, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay have condemned Venezuela violence.

 

#Repeat after me

Disaster-prone area, Columbia

Due to the mass rain since April , there are many places have been destroyed by landslides and till April 19th, the death number has increased to 314. President Juan Manuel Santos has declared an emergency to speed up aid operations. This is the most serious disaster event in the recent years of Columbia. Actually, this year for Latin America, floods have been a big crisis not only in Columbia but states like Peru who is close to sea coast.

 

 

Reference:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39645809

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39674085

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-3rd-person-reported-dead-venezuela-protests-46908257