Caracas Chronicles

A night of mayhem. Burning Barricades in El Paraiso, in Montalban, in Quinta Crespo. Cacerolazos in Mariperez. A proper riot in La Vega. This is all deep in Caracas’s West Side. These are not the kinds of places where you expect these things to happen.

#12Abr 12:50am En la vega se mantienen las manifestaciones con la GNB pic.twitter.com/XgsIauNPOa – @360mundo

— Reporte Ya (@ReporteYa) April 12, 2017

12:12 am Montalbán 2 #Caracas (video cortesía vecino) pic.twitter.com/r8wmExyjNc

— Yohana Marra (@Yohanamarra) April 12, 2017

Further afield too. National Guard Armored Personnel Carriers on the streets of Guarenas following another there. Also Petare. Of course Petare.

#12Abr 12:50am continua protesta en menca guarenas enfrentamiento entre guardias y manifestantes – @aba5040c48b8495 pic.twitter.com/k6F3vf6EI5

— Reporte Ya (@ReporteYa) April 12, 2017

Four wounded in midnight protests in Barquisimeto and Cabudare. A PSUV party seat burned down in Merida. Burning barricades in Guacara. In Los Teques. 

And then that video. From San Felix. Like Villa Rosa, just more so.

Este nuevo vídeo es muy fuerte. Maduro en #SanFelix pic.twitter.com/0HjQT4LcaL

— Luz Mely Reyes (@LuzMelyReyes) April 12, 2017

That guttural “¡Malditooo!” That moment that crystallizes everything.

And then that feeling. Evanescent, but impossible to miss. This isn’t normal. Even for us, this isn’t normal.