Venezuelan President Is Chased by Angry Protesters - Polidicks

[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/world/americas/venezuelan-president-is-chased-by-angry-protesters.html?_r=1[/url] [QUOTE]CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolás Maduro was chased at a routine political event by a crowd of angry protesters banging on pots and yelling that they were hungry, just days after thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets to call for his ouster, local news media reported on Saturday.[/QUOTE]

Doing swimmingly over there I see.

when's the revolution

All things considered he should feel lucky no shots were fired.

Had he been eaten, some problems might've been solved.

So, a little bit more detail on this. This happened in Villa Rosa, once considered to be the bastion of government supporters in the island of Margarita, part of a state that has also historically supported Chavez, but due to being separated from the mainland it has been particularly ravaged by the crisis. Maduro was apparently so confident he would be fine in that village that he got off his car and started walking, in the middle of the night, down the village's streets. At some point Maduro and his security detail got overwhelmed by angry protesters banging pots and pans (A common protest activity in Venezuela), it got to the point where [I]Maduro himself grabbed the pot off the hands of some old lady[/I] and threw it away. The retaliation was brutal. Around 50 people were arrested, pots, pans, cellphones and cameras were seized, the government also shipped supporters from Caracas to organize rallies in the village, and a number of political figures and radio personalities were arrested for trying to cover the events that went down there.

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;51023901]All things considered he should feel lucky no shots were fired.[/QUOTE] That's only because they took and destroyed all of their guns.

[QUOTE=ccg;51023961]That's only because they took and destroyed all of their guns.[/QUOTE] Uhhh, nope, not at all, there's something like 10 million illegal guns in Venezuela all in the hands of criminals, ranging from low caliber revolvers to .50 cal sniper rifles. He didn't get shot out of sheer luck that there wasn't anybody willing to do it. If all this goes to show how there's no actual paramilitary, or CIA plot to kill him, because this was literally the perfect setting to do it.

[QUOTE=ccg;51023961]That's only because they took and destroyed all of their guns.[/QUOTE] the rest of the world isn't exactly like america

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;51024035]the rest of the world isn't exactly like america[/QUOTE] And who complains when America is brought up in European threads about guns? You apparently missed the sarcasm. Of course the rest of the world isn't America. But that doesn't change human nature. Which you like to ignore.

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;51023855]when's the revolution[/QUOTE] After he starts mass killing the evil capitalist "rebels" who want to destroy their glorious country.

[QUOTE=Big Bang;51023937]So, a little bit more detail on this. This happened in Villa Rosa, once considered to be the bastion of government supporters in the island of Margarita, part of a state that has also historically supported Chavez, but due to being separated from the mainland it has been particularly ravaged by the crisis. Maduro was apparently so confident he would be fine in that village that he got off his car and started walking, in the middle of the night, down the village's streets. At some point Maduro and his security detail got overwhelmed by angry protesters banging pots and pans (A common protest activity in Venezuela), it got to the point where [I]Maduro himself grabbed the pot off the hands of some old lady[/I] and threw it away. The retaliation was brutal. Around 50 people were arrested, pots, pans, cellphones and cameras were seized, the government also shipped supporters from Caracas to organize rallies in the village, and a number of political figures and radio personalities were arrested for trying to cover the events that went down there.[/QUOTE] That's just sick. He's just paving the way of civil war happening in Venezuela.

[QUOTE=CroGamer002;51024818]That's just sick. He's just paving the way of civil war happening in Venezuela.[/QUOTE] when there's no bread in a country like this, everyone turns against the same guy. More like social collapse. I mean, there isn't a clear cut ideology among the population that divides them (Unlike say, Ukraine with ethnic russians vs ethnic ukrai...nians(?)). If you take into the account the following: -Military are in charge of handing out food -Guns are spread among the population -Military financed and equipped by the chavists have existed for a long time -Politicians are having less and less influence relative to the military in the decision making You're in for some african warlords shit scenario. 1-Elections and everything goes back to normal 2-Palace Coup d'Etat and then restricted elections and everything goes back to normal 3-Country breaks down a la Haiti and UN intervention 4-War breaks out african warlord style Choose your flavor. I'm between 4 and 2.

[QUOTE=Sasupoika;51023927]Had he been eaten, some problems might've been solved.[/QUOTE] This wouldve been gold.

[QUOTE=Sasupoika;51023927]Had he been eaten, some problems might've been solved.[/QUOTE] That's one way to get indigestion. I'm actually kind of surprised that nobody's actually made an attempt on his life, especially with how desperate things are getting as people slowly starve.