More Dead in Venezuela Protests

Ongoing Protests Against President Nicolas Maduro Ending in More Deaths 

April 19, 2017

Two Venezuelans were shot dead Wednesday after pro-government forces clashed with opposition groups.

The protesting in Venezuela is the result of President Nicolas Madura slowly creating a dictatorship within the country. After discovering that the opposition was the majority force during the parliamentary elections of 2015, Maduro delayed all future elections.

In March 2017, the Supreme Court dissolved the legislative branch of the government, effectively making itself both the law-maker and interpreter. Once the populace discovered that two branches of the government were being run by the United Socialist Party, more protests began to emerge.

While protests have been going on in Venezuela since 2014, there has been a noticeable uptick in the severity of the protests since March.

Maduro, who is calling his opposition "terrorists" as been arming militias at an alarming rate. His harsh, undemocratic rule is causing anger among his people.

Many Venezuelans are living in fear and simply want to be free and prosperous again.

"We have to protest because this country is dying of hunger. There are a lot of people in the opposition and they are full of courage," said Alexis Mendoza, Venezuelan protester.

If a country wants a democracy, they deserve a democracy. Justice for Venezuela.

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