Wednesday, May 31, 2017

DISTRESS OF NATIONS: 60 Days, 62 Dead in Desperate Venezuelan Uprising



DISTRESS OF NATIONS: 60 Days, 62 Dead in Desperate Venezuelan Uprising 


In the second month of almost daily protests against Venezuela’s socialist government, thousands of opposition supporters marched towards the center of the capital Caracas Tuesday, only to be tear-gassed.  Even opposition leader Henrique Capriles was gassed and had to be helped from the scene.  Venezuelan citizens have grown desperate amid shortages of basic necessities. One elderly woman who was tear gassed said, “I am sick, I have been searching for the medicine that I
can’t find, but the police are upset because people want to gather on a street corner to protest.” At least 62 people have been killed in the two-month-long confrontation and another 1,100 people have been injured.


Thousands of young demonstrators, calling themselves “The Resistance” have been on the streets fighting for democracy, willing to do “whatever it takes” to win the fight against the dictatorship of President Nicolás Maduro. READ MORE

Kabul blast: 90 killed & 400 wounded in explosion in Afghan capital’s embassy district


Kabul blast: 90 killed & 400 wounded in explosion in Afghan capital’s embassy district
The Afghan Interior Ministry previously said that 64 people had been killed, according to AFP


Workers clash with police at rally in Peru


On Tuesday, clashes erupted between Peru’s National Police and a group of employees of the Empresa Agroindustrial Tuman Company at a rally against the company’s new administration in the city of Chiclayo. Police equipped with riot gear fired tear gas at the protesters, who responded with rocks and firecrackers. According to the local media, at least four people sustained injuries in the clashes.