More trouble for Venezuela
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Street protests, a casualty, and an election all happened on Sunday in Caracas, the capital of the socialist nation of Venezuela. In an effort to re write the constitution and save the nation from the chaos it’s been enduring for the past years, Venezuela finds itself in more problems as hopes for the nation to rebuild seem impractical.
With protests consuming the South American country of Venezuela, shortage of food making worldwide news, and an election that could secure the future of the country, Venezuela is on the brink of going over the edge. It’s people are fed up, hungry, and becoming increasingly violent as protests grow bigger each time.
On Sunday, a vote will be held in Caracas to allow president Nicolas Maduro to replace Venezuela’s curernt legislative body, which is the National Assembly, into a new assembly called the Constituent Assembly, which has the power to rewrite the constitution, making it a turning point for the nation, which is in desperate need of something new. The vote is followed by weeks of protests, some that turned deadly, with the death toll at 119.
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Protests began in early April, making headlines all around the world, with protests becoming increasingly more violent. In a lead up to the vote, protests grew larger, as an explosion went off on Sunday in the Altamira neighborhood of Caracas. Police fired tear gas at demonstrators, and the National Guard clashed with the protestors, leading to 100 deaths. One National Guard officer was killed in the Western state of Táchira. Barricades were set up on a highway in Caracas in an effort to protest the vote.
Law enforcement were not the only one’s conflicted in the protests. On Saturday, one of the candidates in the election, a lawyer, Jose Felix Pineda, was shot in his home, and on early Sunday, the opposition leader, Ricardo Campos, had died. Pineda’s death is being investigated by a state prosecutor according to a tweet by the attorney general’s office. As for Campo’s death, there is no cause for the death so far, however a state prosecutor is also investigating the death, who dies in the coastal town of Cumana, 250 miles from Caracas.
Polls opened up at 6 A.M. ET on Sunday, and will close at 6 P.M. ET, with 380,000 troops guarding the voting stations. So far many have voted, and are supporting the governments initiative to do something about the country.
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