If You Go Out In The Street Today....
"Whoever goes out into the street (Wednesday) is playing the government's game. The government wants there to be deaths in the country."Mr. Capriles has entreated and demanded that the country's electoral commission agree to a recount. Which the commission feels there is no need to do, despite that the opposition claims that according to its election count, it was they and not the Chavista candidate, Nicolas Maduro, now ensconced as president-elect, who won by a margin of some 300,000 votes.
"I want to ask Mr. Maduro to calm down a bit. I think he's sort of going crazy."
Venezuelan opposition leader, Henrique Capriles
The United States and the Organization of American States both recommend a recount, and refuse to recognize the official Venezuelan position that hails Mr. Maduro as president for the next six years. Mr. Capriles has suggested to his followers that a peaceful demonstration calling for a recount be mounted, with pots-and-pans noisemakers.
When supporters of Mr. Capriles did venture out to protest the situation they were met with was government supporters drowning out the noise by setting off firecrackers, driving trucks with megaphones, shouting pro-Chavista slogans, and pedestrians shouting "Chavez lives! Maduro continues!".
Mr. Maduro accuses Washington of having piloted the unrest in Venezuela. "The (U.S.) embassy has financed and led all these violent acts", claims the chosen heir of Hugo Chavez. He also accuses Henrique Capriles of being "responsible for the dead we are mourning" from violence across the country during protests.
Mr. Maduro met Mr. Capriles' call to his supporters to get out and peacefully protest by urging his own supporters to meet the protesters in the streets. With the obvious in mind; a confrontation with anti-government protesters. Which led the opposition leader to call off the planned opposition march, in an effort to avoid further violence - orchestrated by the government.
Justice Minister Nestor Reverol has accused Mr. Capriles of crimes of insurrection and civil disobedience, and warns that Mr. Capriles is plotting a coup against the lawfully elected government. Government and military leaders have now closed ranks around Mr. Maduro, defending the official vote count.
With Mr. Maduro securely in office for the next six years they will be enabled to continue the corruption and siphoning off of public money for their own ends, without fear of an investigation. And Venezuela's problems associated with crumbling infrastructure, interrupted electricity grid operation, shortages of food and medicine and runaway inflation will remain unaddressed.
As will the sky-high homicide rate, which logged in last year as 73 per 100,000 people, among the world's worst public security problems for any nation.
Labels: Crime, Democracy, Economy, Energy, Social-Cultural Deviations, Venezuela
posted by Pieface @ Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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