Venezuela Rising: Dispatch One

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Subscribe to VICE News for more updates now: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Over the past six weeks in Venezuela, a coalition of political groups opposed to the President, Nicolas Maduro, and students angry over dramatic crime rates have taken to the streets in mass demonstrations. 13 people have died since the protests began and the Chavista government is deeply critical of the wave of demonstrations, accusing them of being a right-wing grab for power organized by bourgeois students and supported by the same political figures who attempted a coup over Hugo Chavez in 2002. Yesterday, Lilian Tintori, the wife of recently jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, lead a march to the headquarters of the National Guard. Sign up for the Beta at http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/

Published 2014-02-28 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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