Dear International Editor:
Listen and understand. The game changed in Venezuela last night.What had been a slow-motion unravelling that had stretched out over many years went kinetic all of a sudden.
What we have this morning is no longer the Venezuela story you thought you understood.
Throughout last night, panicked people told their stories of state-sponsored paramilitaries onmotorcycles roaming middle class neighborhoods, shooting at people and storming into apartment buildings, shooting at anyone who seemed like he might be protesting.
People continue to be arrested merely for protesting, and a long established local Human Rights NGO makes an urgent plea for an investigation into widespread reports of torture of detainees. There are now dozens of serious human right abuses: National Guardsmenshooting tear gas canisters directly into residential buildings. We have videos of soldiers shooting civilians on the street.
Venezuela. Damage assessment. Lopez surrenders.
Coup suffers setback. (with photos) UPDATED Feb 19
Article here
For updated Venezuela coverage on the ground head to :
Axis Of Logic.com
This happened 12 years ago – in case memories are short about Venezuela.
It contains one of the biggest televised attempts at media manipulation – that has ever been analysed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etbEQcA7jUA
Maduro Kicks CNN Out of Venezuela and Says C.I.A Behind Attacks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-26283971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GduW2edZoB8