Venezuela - Mass Protests - Page 6

On February 27 2014 05:29 nunez wrote:

for one, yes i'm sure corruption is rife.

On February 27 2014 05:38 nunez wrote:
mhm, policies put in place in response to?

govt policies made in response to me being a criminal made being a criminal so profitable, so govt is to blame for me being a criminal. that logic.

On February 27 2014 06:05 nunez wrote:
you're right... i should me more specific.
everything done under chavez or madure is done in response to criminal activity.

On February 27 2014 05:38 nunez wrote:
mhm, policies put in place in response to?

govt policies made in response to me being a criminal made being a criminal so profitable, so govt is to blame for me being a criminal. that logic.

On February 27 2014 05:32 JonnyBNoHo wrote:

And their policies encourage it. And the example set by the leadership encourages it.

On February 27 2014 09:12 nunez wrote:

Not everyhing done in Venezuela encourages the black market.

On February 27 2014 09:18 JonnyBNoHo wrote:

So? Venezuela has problems. Bad policies played a major role in that.

On February 27 2014 05:32 JonnyBNoHo wrote:
And their policies encourage it. And the example set by the leadership encourages it.

On February 27 2014 09:26 nunez wrote:

jonny you wrote:


... implying that everything that has happened in venezuela has encouraged the black market!

that's not the case for all things that have happened in venezuela in the relevant time-frame. so yeah, i had to state the obvious -
not everything that happened in venezuela in the given time frame encouraged the black market!

i don't know why it is such a hard sell that a country with so many people has had things happen in it the last 15 years that didn't encourage the black market!

Not everyhing done in Venezuela encourages the black market.

On February 27 2014 10:20 nunez wrote:
nonono jonny boy.


everything done.
you are implying that everything done in venezuela encourages the black market, pointing out not everything done in venezuela encourages the black market is completely valid on my end.

that's a dumb false dichtonomy... do you think these guys played a role, or do you think these guys are mainly to blame?

On February 27 2014 11:00 nunez wrote:
yes, it's completely irrelevant, it was written in jest.
i was aping you, but it seems you out-"aped yourself" me.

On February 27 2014 11:18 nunez wrote:
haha, there's a point behind it.

On February 27 2014 11:27 nunez wrote:
tl satire.

Until now, the protests have gained little support outside of the more privileged middle class areas of Caracas and other cities. There have been scattered reports of cacerolazos— beating of pots and pans—in working class and poorer areas of the capital.

Popular frustrations are building up in these areas and among working people across Venezuela over real wages that have been slashed by inflation and currency devaluations, shortages and the government’s attacks on militant workers’ strikes and protests. The right-wing parties that have led the anti-Maduro demonstrations, however, hold little appeal for these layers of the population. Advancing reactionary slogans such as “people’s capitalism,” they seek to destroy whatever gains have been won by Venezuelan working people over the past decades and to restore the iron rule of the country’s traditional oligarchy.

While walking home yesterday, I noticed the banner above that had been draped across a walkover bridge on Sucre Avenue. It reads: “Si quieren llegar al gobierno ganen las elecciones! Mano dura a los guarimberas” (If you want to get to the government win elections! Get tough on organizers of violence!).

As Capriles himself pointed out in a recent speech, few people outside of the middle and upper class sectors in the east are going to be won over by the protests in the east. For many these tactics have solidified the belief that the opposition has no qualms about breaking the democratic rules of the game. Thus, they are likely to generate support and justifications for more, not less, censorship of the opposition voice.