Too. Much. Tear Gas. (Some of it Red.)
Protests in Caracas were met with a shocking, shocking amount of tear gas today. Some of it red.
What started out as a large, peaceful protest in Caracas was met with a shocking, shocking amount of tear gas today. Some of it red.
Most large cities saw protests, and the situation remains tense.
Henrique Capriles’s headquarters in Bello Monte are in flames:
Repression has been nothing if not heavy-handed
#8Abril PNB dispara perdigones contra habitantes y manifestantes refugiados en las Residencias Sans Souci. Se escuchan detonaciones pic.twitter.com/cNzNM70rBX
— HispanoPost (@hispanopost) April 8, 2017
Meanwhile, state media shamelessly blacked out news of the protests.
Or else acknowledged them only to attack the protesters:
Semana Santa is just around the corner…it sure doesn’t feel like it, though.
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