In defense of Venezuela se respeta

MARCH 2014 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA

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VENEZUELA SE RESPETA IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA

Nicolas Maduro Moros President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez Minster of the popular power for Communication and information

Printed for the first time in the Republic Bolivariana de Venezuela March 2014

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EDITORIAL BOARD TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH BY Embassy of the MS. ANA CAROLINA RODRIGUEZ Jordan Bishop AND Charles Hett Bolivarian Republic of DE FEBRES CORDERO Venezuela In Canada [email protected] PRINTED 32 Range Rd. Ottawa, GILMAR HERNANDEZ K1N 8J4. CANADA. JEAN CARLOS DU BOULAY G COMMUNICATION VISUELLE [email protected] Telephone: 6132355151 www.Misionvenezuela.org MORGAN BELLO [email protected] [email protected]

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Democracy under threat

The physical disappearance on the 5th sudden counter-revolutionary explosion of march 2013 of Comandante President During the second half of 2013 unscru- Hugo Raphael Chavez Frias, maximum pulous businessmen and merchants led by leader of the Bolivarian Revolution who led the employers organization Fedecamaras Venezuela during 14 years in a victorious and with the active participation of Con- political process of recovery of the national secomercio and Venamcham carried out dignity and the construction of social jus- continuous and indiscriminate price rais- tice- was seen by the Venezuelan people ing in all areas even reaching increases of as an irreparable loss of historic dimen- 2000%, as well as gong on to the hoarding sions.The kind loving man and at the same of essential goods. As well as this there time fighter who guided venezuelans with was a brutal attack against the national his well aimed words in the transition be- currency, carried out through electronic tween two millennia and who could raise portals based in Miami where they “calcu- society to a higher level as far as meeting lated” a false type of exchange on par with their needs in spite of the immense obsta- the raise in exchange which served as a cles, suddenly he was not there to steer the reference for the fixing of prices. route of the nation. The measures had the aim of encour- The Venezuelan people, in the middle of aging feelings of rejection towards the their pain for the irreparable loss of the co- government amongst the populace and mandante decided to continue continue the move them against the president to revolutionary road and on the 14th of April whom the measures, the problems gener- chose Nicolas Maduro as president. ated by the conspiracy were attributed in a But one day after the presidential elec- systematic campaign. tion, followers of the opponent Henrique The government of president Nicolas Capriles took to the streets obeying the Maduro responded to the economic war call to release the pent up rage and sowed with a plan of inspections carried out death and destruction in the opposition in thousands of businesses in all the strongholds governed by right wing mayors. country, with the aim of obliging them to A new phase of the conspiracy began lower prices and sell the merchandise ac- then, the economic war, which following cording to norms established in the Vene- the golpista script, this would act as a wave zuelan ordinance which prohibits usury and of pressure to provoke an accumulation of speculation. frustration in wide sectors of the population The slow fuse of this ongoing coup which they would trigger after a while with a was supposed to reach the point of 3 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA

The guarimbas block traffic and have become traps causing various deaths

4 VENEZUELA SE RESPETA exploding on the day of the municipal power.The ample victory in the municipal elections of the 8th December 2013, elections of the revolutionary forces, whose which the opposition would dress up as votes beat the opposition with a difference a plebiscite. Throughout the campaign the of more than 11 percent, cooled the fuse leaders of the right repeated that a defeat and allowed Venezuelans to enjoy a peace- of in the popular vote of the 8th ful Christmas.President Maduro won the Dec would bring a quick end to the govern- “plebiscite” of December and the country ment of Nicolas Maduro, preparing in this ended the year with a truce which did not way for an uprising against the constituted last too long.

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Who really is Gene Sharp?

Channels foreign interference against “danger- ous” countries to maintain the hegemony of the USA.

Supports the expansionist policies of Washing- ton and finances intelligence work.

The American Enterprise Institute gives advice and direction based on the theories of Sharp and his soft coups.

Deposes governments which operate on differ- ent or uncomfortable lines.

Exercises political power through the major means of communication and social movements which are false even though they may be based on real demands.

Impose neoliberalism where his geopolitical interests require it.

-dominate energy sources. -control the routes of the drug trade. -re-establish colonialism disguised as democ- racy. -Achieve USA military dominance over China and Russia. -Strengthen the USA military presence in the middle east. -assure USA control of strategic businesses and resources. www.revoluciontrespuntocero.com 8 VENEZUELA SE RESPETA

Franchising Terrorism : The method of Gene Sharp

Gene Sharp is an ex-military of the USA, anti-communist and anti-populist prejudic- and now professor of political science es: pushing publicity campaigns defend- in the University of Massachussets, ing , human rights, founder of the Albert Einstein institu- and public freedoms; accusations of to- tion and is the author of an essay titled talitarianism and narrow thought; a broken From dictatorship to Democracy, which political-ethical system. provides a political and pragmatic analy- sis of supposedly non violent action as 3.Heating up the streets: promot- a method of undermining established ing mobilization in the streets: the elabo- constitutional power. ration of a platform for the struggle This work, translated into more than 30 lan- which broadens the political and social guages, describes methods for overturning demands: generalizing of all types of governments which are divided into three protests, showing up government; failings main stages: the protest: non- cooperation and errors: organization of demonstrations, and intervention, which are always applied blockades and seizing of public institutions following elections. These three phases (disrespect for the institutions) which radi- are divided into five stages which, as will calize the confrontation. be shown, have been rigorously applied in Venezuela following the non-recognition by 4.COMBINATIONOF DIVERSE FORMS the opposition of the results of the presi- OF STRUGGLE: organization of marches dential elections of 14 April 2013. and taking of symbolically significant institutions; with the aim of monopoliz- 1.Softening up (use of the 4th gen- ing them and converting them into publicity eration war) development of matrices platforms; the development of psycho- of opinion based on real or potential logical warfare operations and armed failures; riding on conflicts and promoting actions to justify repressive measures and discontent; promotion of factors of discom- create a climate of ungovernerability; initi- fort, amongst which some are prominent ate rumour campaigns within the armed as: shortages, criminality ,insecurity, forces and aim to demoralize the security manipulation of the dollar, lock outs, organizations, promotion of internal iso- denunciations of corruption, promotion lation and an economic blockade. of sectarian intrigues and breaking up unity. 5.INSTITUTIONAL BREAKDOWN: on the basis of street actions, and by the taking 2.De-legitimization: manipulation of of institutions and military pronouncements 9 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA

Destroyed and burned a train service pending surface transportation.

10 VENEZUELA SE RESPETA the president is forced to resign. edly youth (some of them over 40 years If this fails pressure is maintained in old) who have made student representa- the streets and action moves towards tion in the universities a way of life and who armed resistance and preparation of the have followed interminable studies in their ground for a military intervention or the institutions, as is the case of Gaby Arellano development of a prolonged civil war. and Vilcar Fernandez, experts in destabi- This coup protocol has been applied lization thanks to the counsel received in repeatedly across the world with varying training sessions given for the execution of success against governments which op- a soft coup by Gene Sharp. These are the pose the dictates of Washington. It is clear “students” who at the end of January 2014 that in Venezuela the plan is in its fourth began simultaneously in different regions of phase at this time, the most dangerous of the country a series of supposedly protest all in that it includes violence with armed actions which changed to violent acts close actions and permanent provocation of the to the selected universities to start the police with the aim of promoting repression. heating up the streets phase of the coup The principal protagonists of this script for plot.The “manitas blancas” had received subversion in Venezuela are the members the mobilization order from the right of a diverse group of students known as the wing leaders Leopoldo Lopez and Ma- “manitas blancas” . . white hands, made up ria Corona Machado in a strange press principally of young members of the radical release on the 23rd of January, which at right mostly being students in the private the time was viewed by analysts at the universities. On this point the students the time as an inopportune and politically students in the public venezuelan universi- incomprehensible action. Machado said ties, the majority in terms of student enrol- to her followers “we must take the streets”, ment, have had little or no involvement in whilst Lopez urged his followers to keep up the violent actions in spite of the tradition the protest actions until the “departure” of and historic feeling of their communities. Nicolas Maduro from the presidency at a The principal leaders of the movement time when the political situation was calm, called “white hands” (manitas blancas) following the results of the “plebiscite” of [they paint their hands this colour following the 8th December which had amply fa- the manuals of the soft coup] are suppos- voured the presidency.

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A seat of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, located in a municipality governed by the right, it was as- saulted and burned.

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The Departure of the President: the Lopez case

The undeclared truce in the Venezuelan possible media strategies and methods political scene which started following the to efficiently pass his message on to the municipal elections of December created USA public.” the conditions for president Maduro to call The record of Leopoldo Lopez in- for a national dialogue. cludes his active participation in the None the less amid this climate of eas- acts which led to the coup against ing tension the Venezuelan right started president Hugo Chavez in April 2002. a new adventure, the call from Leoplodo Lopez who at that time was the mayor Lopez and Maria Corina Machado to take of the opulent municipality of Chacao, the streets until president Maduro aban- east of , took advantage of his don his post. authority to initiate a witch hunt chavista This was the first component in the chain leaders, amongst whom was Chavez’s which comprises a soft Coup d’Etat. minister of the interior Ramon Rodriguez It is an assault against the principles Chacin, and the revolutionary deputy established in the declaration of Caracas , who were detained of the principles of CELAC, the constitu- the day after the Coup by agents of the tional treaty of UNASUR, the democratic Chacao police commanded by Leopoldo charter of the organization of American Lopez himself. states(OAS), the Usuaia protocol of MER- In a televised interview broadcast on COSUR, in which the duty of the states 12th April Lopez confessed to have been to defend and preserve the democratic the leader of an operation which con- institutions is established. sisted of employing the police agents of The call from Lopez is the outcome of a Chacao to take away the keys of motor- plan of assault against Venezuela: docu- ists, and locate the vehicles in such a ments released from Wikileaks reveal way as to impede the exit of troops and that Leopoldo Lopez, tied with the of the battalion of tanks loyal to president international Latin American extreme Chavez and their arrival in Caracas. right, sponsored by Alvaro Uribe Velez, The conspiratorial history of Leopoldo is mentioned at least 77 times in the Lopez includes his active participation diplomatic cables related to Venezuela. in the violent protests of the so-called A cable of the 28th March 2008 talks “Plan Guarimba” plan of the barricades, about a meeting between a USA sena- in 2004.On top of this he did not recognize tor Ron Wyden and Lopez indicating the results of the referendum which again that “the senator and his team discussed favoured president Chavez in 2004. 13 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA

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This is the person who gave the call The day before the opposition march of to start the plan for insurrection which the day of the youth the recording of a is now being carried out against the telephone conversation between the ex- democratic government of Venezuela ambassador of Venezuela to Columbia, with his call made on the 23rd January Fernando Gerbasi, and the viceadmiral for people to stay out on the streets until Ivan Carratu Molina, head of the military they achieve the overthrow of President complex, Carlos Andres Perez, both well Maduro.“Venezuelans are obliged to de- known opposition figures, was released mand the exit of a corrupt government. in which Gerbasi warned Carratu that the It was on the 6th February when the ac- next day a plan “similar to that of the 11th tions aiming to “heat up the streets” with of April” would be carried out, for which acts of violence began, carried out by small reason to be very careful. groups in the states of Tachira and Merida. As Fernando Gerbasi predicted the bulk of In San Cristobal, the capital of Tachira, the the opposition was fired upon after having demonstrators besieged the governor’s res- finished their demonstration in front of the idence for several hours and tried to take office of the public prosecutor.Two people it, putting at risk tens of children who were died in the midst of the violence produced receiving social attention in these facili- by the shots. In these happenings the par- ties. Several of these people were detained ticipation of two functionaries of Sebin who which was taken by the “manitas blancas” arrived armed in the conflict zone, after as a new excuse to continue the protests. having been ordered by their director to be The acts of vandalism extended through- confined to barracks, is being investigated. out the country and created the conditions The violent end to the demonstration pro- to call for an opposition march to take voked the “necessary deaths” to stir up the place in Caracas on the 12th of February, mood of the adversaries of the government date of the day of the youth in the Venezu- and propagate the desire for vengeance elan calendar. throughout the country.

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The terrorist Guarimba Starting from the tragic events of the day especially against the chavistas. of the youth (12th February), the conspir- Their final objective is to overturn the acy against the legitimate government of government by generating feelings of Venezuela entered into the fourth phase ungovernabilty and overall terror. of the scheme of the soft coup outlined The guarimbero (person manning or by the strategies of Gene Sharp.The making the guarimbas) fills the defini- street actions which began to develop tion of terrorist; everyone who uses from that time in isolated spots of the na- force or violence, threats or terror to tion followed the pattern of terrorist agita- carry out an individual or collective tion known as the Guarimba which was crime with the aim of disrupting order, used by the same opposition individuals or exposing the security of society to as in 2004, during the months prior to the danger, if that results in harm to peo- presidential referendum which ratified ple or strikes terror in them; causes Hugo Chavez in his post. “Barricade serious damages to the environment, your street until Maduro leaves” is the means of transport, goods, private unique slogan of the Guarimberos, property, or whoever obstructs the who try to create an unmanageable situ- public authorities; places of wor- ation for the government with the mul- ship; teaching institutions, or who tiplication of spots of terrorist violence obstructs the application of the law or which would saturate the capacity of the regulations. authorities to keep order. There are various treaties and in- The guarimbas are criminal focal points ternational accords which have been absolutely beyond the law. They are developed to protect peoples from traps to hunt human beings using barbed terrorism, amongst which, the Geneva wire, glass, cables stretched between convention against terrorism of 1937 posts, oil spread out on the roads, ob- which defines terrorism as “criminal stacles placed just ahead of curves on a acts committed against the state with fast road to create accidents and which the aim of exposing specific people, have resulted injuries and deaths. or predetermined groups of people or We are dealing with terrorist practice the public to terror”. supported by the wealthy part of the Despite these classifications the prac- population, in the form of violent street tices of the guarimba involves the use of protests, closing of streets, felling of the youth as a key piece in the terrorist trees, burning of woods, and the killing violence making use of the manipulation of people and animals, destruction of of their emotions, give the characteristics public property, beating pans, threats of this age group: less patience, more against the population in general and inclined to take initiatives and less self- 17 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA

The first day of violent rioting were burned several forensic vehicles.

18 VENEZUELA SE RESPETA control.Their ideologue is the ultra right chopped down and indiscriminately wing Robert Alonso, a cuban-venezuelan mutilated, just in Maracaibo to use resident in Miami, who in his day made them in barricades, and so obstruct up the “Plan Guarimba” and the right wing free passage in streets and avenues. coalition Coordinadora Democratica, pre- This is classed by the international decessor of the MUD. criminal court as a crime of human Alonso explained that this terrorist prac- perversion. tice has as “its sole objective- as well In February of this year the Nevado col- as paralyzing the country, of creating an lective showed that there have been vari- anarchic chaos in the country…. with the ous crimes of violence against animals aim of obliging the castro-communist re- in the states of Zulia, Aragua, and in the gime of Venezuela to order the ‘Plan Avi- capital district, for example the burning of la”..[and provoke] constitutional insubordi- street dogs. nation creating the need for a civic-miltary Robert Alonso was a key leader in the intervention.” For Alonso “the Guarimba assassination attempt against president is totally anarchic and each person does Chavez revealed on the 9th of May 2004. whatever he feels like depending on the On this day, in the Daktari estate, a prop- degree of frustration and “guaramo” erty of his in the located in the state of It is in this way that the actions of these Miranda 153 colombian paramiltary were guarimberos have reached the terrorist captured who had been contracted and extreme of attacking firefighters, para- transferred to Venezuela to take part in a medics, police, national guardsmen with plan to assassinate the president. the aim of giving their mentors graphic im- At this time, and according to Raphael ages which serve to accuse government Garcia, ex-director of information of the of violating human rights. This action has DAS of Colombia, Alonso was the contact been increasing to the point of shooting to in Venezuela so that the paramilitaries, kill at security personnel. tied to the government of Alvaro Uribe, The ecocide and cruelty to animals are should be infiltrated into the country with other indicators of the destructive and the support of the director of DAS at that terrorist character of the guarimbas.This time, Jorge Noguera. happened in 2004, following the public Alonso who in the USA created the broadcasting on the internet of a script National Resistance Movement of Ven- which contemplated “use barricades, ezuela, admits that: ”behind me, or the use of vehicles, junk, furniture, tree let’s say in my group, there are spe- trunks…whatever you have to hand,” in cialists in the subject, and we also 2007 with the burning of trees in Bolivar have the advice of international people avenue in Caracas and in 2009 with the who, for years have dedicated them- burning of the national park of Warai- selves to the study of the behaviour of rarepano (Caracas) by the opposition, populations, as sociologists and politi- which burnt 3.5 hectares of green growth cal science studies. I can mention one in the principal lung of the capital. of them to you: doctor Gene Sharp.” Between February and March of Although the guarimbas have been lim- 2014 there were more than 500 trees ited to the few high class municipalities 19 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA

Telephone centres have been burnt putting at risk the lives of workers and affecting service

20 VENEZUELA SE RESPETA where the opposition is in control, their THE CARACAS METRO consequences have been been tragic. In the case of the Caracas Metro, the con- The majority of deaths in this wave of dis- tinuous attacks on stations, metrobuses, turbances hav been the innocent victims and their operators have left a total of 37 of these acts of vandalism which charac- workers injured, and more than 60 surface terize the Guarimba and have not affected vehicles damaged, 16 riders have suffered the popular zones where the support for from the impact of stones, the theft of uni- the revolutionary government remains forms from four workers, damage to esca- firm. Of the 335 municipalities in Ven- lators, security cameras, entrances, and ezuela only in 18 of them have been fire safety systems.The chronology of the permeated by the violence inoculated by attacks on the Caracas Metro includes: an arrogant opposition which tries to pass itself off as a government after losing four 12th February eletions in one year. - Violent groups attacked the stations Many many popular demonstrations of Parque Carabobo, Bellas Artes, and have reached the palace of Miraflores, Parque Central. organized by workers, women, seniors, - In order to shut down access to and labourers who show in this way their Parque Carabobo station, masked and unlimited support for president Maduro armed subjects threatened and beat up and the Bolivarian Revolution, but these two operators and a guard, and wound- demonstrations have been ignored by the ed a head of security with a knife. national and international press who has - At night time, a group of violent dem- decided to give into the conspiracy and onstrators attacked the Chacao station, play the role of principal and permanent state of Miranda. agitator in the conflict. The communication fence imposed by 14th February the large media corporations has man- - An object was thrown at unit1236 on aged to ensure that in large parts of route 011 Miranda-Guarenas breaking the international community Venezuela the window of the last window on the is perceived as a nation with problems right hand sde. of governability, whilst the reality is - Continued aggression against the Cha- that more than 90% of the national cao, Altamira and Los Cortijas stations territory remains calm with the inhabit- Adjacent to the Altamira station there ants dedicated to their normal labours. was the total destruction of the control post of the Metrobus and the attempt VIOLENCE AGAINST PUBLIC SERVICES to burn it with the operators inside. The aggression of the Guarimberos has been especially directed against the pub- 15th February lic services administered by the national - Due to the ongoing attacks and van- Government.Electricity, telephones, and dalism service to the Chacao, Altamira transport amongst other services have and Los Cortijos stations was stopped been the target of groups of vandals who and the Metrobus service to nine bus try to destabilize Venezuela. routes in the capital. 21 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA

- In the night the Chacao station was which broke the window on the left attacked again. hand side behind the drivers cab. - In the station of Altamira, violent 16th February demonstrators attacked again.The - violent groups attacked the stations control post of the Metrobus was at- of Chacao and Altamira again, There tacked by vandals with the staff shut were damages to the façade, fire safe- inside. ty systems, structures, air conditioning ducts and turnstiles yanked away are 19th February part of the damages. - Unit 1173 of route 852 Coche-Los Te- - One worker was brutally beaten by ques was ambushed and stoned when the people who were impeding the it was circulating on the Panamerican closing of access to the Altamira sta- highway, the driver Edgar Robellado tion. was wounded. They broke all the win- dows and caused major damage to the 17th February bodywork on the left hand side. - Unit 1132 of the route Charallave- - Busses on the route Guarenas – Oculmare was struck by a blunt object Guatire are attacked with stones and

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acts of vandalism, one of these was THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM hijacked in El Marques development. - Violent demonstrators attacked the 12th February Los Cortijos satation. - Caracas: A radio station located in - New disturbances at the Altamira sta- Altamira was the object of attacks. tion force the closing of the station. On the same day a technician of the telephone company Cantv, identifiable THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM by his uniform was attacked with sticks The electrical system also suffered and stones by destabilizing groups. pounding from the right wing conspiracy. - Maracaibo; violent groups tries to set Offices in five states were attacked. fire to two trucks full of cellular phones which were being distributed in The 12th February Zulian capital. - Tachira: the substation of San Cris- tobal is attacked leaving three commu- nities without service. 18th February - Lara: Seven vehicles of Cantv were 17th February set on fire following a violent attack at - Caracas: 300 metres of cable are the Moran centre, located in Barquis- stolen from the Coche station. meto.

19th February 19 February - Carabobo: Attack against the Prebo - Lara: the head office of Cantv in substation, in Valencia, leaving the Barquisimeto (Torre Lata) had dam- developments of Prebo and el Vinedo ages in the doors and windows. Vio- without electricity. 22 vehicles were lent groups hurled incendiary bombs burnt in this substation . into the facilities and stole computers - Bolivar: Fires in the substation Los and other equipment. Olivos, in Puero Ordaz, aafecting the residents of the Altavista development. - Caracas: a worker of a cooperative of Anzoategui: cut the control circuits in Cantv was attacked by a violent group the substation of Guanta which affect- whilst he was carrying out his work in ed the Carmelitas and Pekin circuits. the development of Prados del Este.

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The cover of El Clarin of Buenos Aires of the 12th February speaks of “armed chavistas” during the wave of disturbances. Even when the photographer of the news agency , which supplied the photo indi- cated next to the image “members of the scientific police (CICPC) walk in front of a burning vehicle”en worse, the reality was that the science police were fleeing from the vehicles since it was their vehicles which were burning. 24 VENEZUELA SE RESPETA

The media plot The tasks of spreading rumours and car- nate in other countries or circumstances rying out operations of psychological war- and which with obvious malice they have fare included in the manual of the slow passed off as having happened in Ven- coup have been carried out faultlessly by ezuela to provoke indignation and deni- the private venezuelan media who have grate the government. had no scruples about falsifying the re- Photographs of giant demonstrations ality by crude methods of manipulation which did not happen in Caracas, abuse making use of methods of disinforma- against demonstrators, dead and wound- tion such as inventing, distorting and ed which have nothing to do with anything omitting. that has happened in the country, tortures One example of this has been the pre- and ill treatment of detainees, all these senting of a multitude of photos of violent are fake images which circulate on the happenings in other parts of the world as internet as a result of a machination di- if they had happened in Venezuela. Im- rected against the social and emotional ages of Syria, Egypt, Brazil, Spain, Chile, stability of the Venezuelan populace. Colobia and other countries have served the newspapers and digital media to show In this sense, the principal matrices of fraudulent images of the situation in Ven- opinion broadcast by private media and ezuela. social networks are: The international media have served the same function, they have united 1. The Government of Venezuela vio- into a compact block to describe Ven- lated the rights of pacific protesters. ezuela today as a country on the edge There are numerous killings and tor- of civil war requiring an international ture carried out by the government. intervention to protect the citizens of Venezuela from a fierce dictatorship FALSE: Of the 22 deaths to date only 4 of which violates fundamental human rights. those were investigated for presumed ex- Added to this task of the laboratories of cessive use of force by public forces. The the dirty war which make use of the social other 18 deaths of citizens and security networks to increase the disinformation personnel, were produced in acts tied to and create unrest in the population. the violent protests. Not one single case In an orchestrated manner they have of presumed torture of detained citizens unleashed a psychological war from the been denounced in any forum or tribunal social network to paint a false pic- of the republic. All the “tortures” have ture of the country; there are innumerable been created and broadcast by the media. messages with photos of violent actions and violation of human rights which origi- 25 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA

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2.Venezuela is overwhelmed by mas- FALSE: the security forces, headed by sive protests throughout the country the GNB (National Bolivarian Guard) have had the job of controlling and FALSE: At the highest point there were avoiding the spreading of the centres of violent protests in 18 of the 335 munici- violence. More than 40 government palities in the country and within these in employees have been wounded and at zones of the middle and wealthy classes, least 3 have been killed, attacked from apart from the state of Tachira, bordering buildings or the demonstrations by snip- on Columbia. At the centres of most im- ers. In the cases where excessive use of portant incidents of street violence there force has been found by security agents, were no more than 50 people. these individuals have been detained and taken to court. Of the more than 3.The protests are led by students twelve thousand military and police who have been in charge of keeping order, FALSE: According to the data from the only 17 are being investigated by the Ministry, of the 1084 people detained for public prosecutors office, which signifies acts of violence only 39% are students. a minimum in compared with the respect of the forces of order for human rights. 4.The protests are pacific, the vio- lence comes from repression of the 6.The media have been censured or security forces. find themselves severely restricted by the government FALSE: The protests are essentially violent and generally arms are present. FALSE: No media have been censured They consist of closing streets, attacks in Venezuela.Only one Colombian chan- on public transport, buildings and ser- nel which brazenly violated Venezuelan vices, and the creation of an atmosphere law by attacking in editorials and spread- of chaos which serves perfectly to gen- ing war propaganda was removed from erate spectacular images for the press. one pay channel. One international They grow in intensity at night, which journalist had his credentials suspended makes it more difficult to keep public briefly in that he represented CNN in order an adds drama to the videos and Spanish which maintained a constant photographs. and repetitive coverage of act of vio- These protests have produced the lence, magnifying the reality. death of at least three motorcyclists decapitated by hidden wires, and people 7.The internet is being censured by who have collided with barricades. the government of Venezuela There have also been deaths of sick people unable to reach hospitals in time. FALSE: Venezuela is being the target of a cyberwar, a series of cyber attacks 5. The National Bolivarian Guard is in which seek to penetrate and destroy charge of repression and the violation the information platform of the country. of Human Rights. Since the 12th of February, more than 27 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA

An attempt to make you believe that a protest is happening in the state of Tachira when in reality it is a demonstration in Catalonia.

FOTO REAL panorama The divine Pastora arrives at the cathederal with a multitudinous procession

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160 high sensitivity public websites, bian NTN24 have been special actors (Pdvsa, ministry of defense, ministry of in forming the matrix dedicating wide finance, Cantv amongst others) have coverage to actions with the intention been attacked.These attacks have put of increasing the feeling of unease in more than 266,000 sites registered with the country and to picture a state of the Venezuelan domaine (ve) at risk. upheaval or a non existent civil war On the other hand transnational soft- In the case of the coverage of the hap- ware companies have released applica- penings of the 12 February by the chan- tions which have been used to commit nel NTN24 it is notable that, being an in- crimes and to organize protests and ternational channel, on this day it spent violent attacks, and for this reason ac- six straight hours covering Venezuela. cess to some of these sites has been The coverage was totally biased: the temporarily limited. time spent covering the opposition was 4 The state communications company and hrs 24 minutes 40 seconds and the cov- its workers have been attacked. Trans- erage of the government side 23 minutes port vehicles, radio stations, cable and 24 seconds. telephone centres were attacked with It promoted the idea of chaos and vio- incendiary bombs and gunfire to damage lence, at he same time as they blanked internet service, and in this way blame out the vandalism of extreme elements of the government of supposed . the opposition all over the country. What stands out in this coverage is the 8.The Government arms violent mo- presence of the journalist of NTN24 who torcycle gangs (collectives) who at- constantly repeated talk of the supposed tack students and peaceful demon- to the media, to strators. stress that in the face of this “censorship” NTN24 was the only channel which was FALSE: The press has criminalized the transmitting the facts. chavista collectives without present- You could say that NTN24 played a role ing any proof of their allegations. The similar to that of CNN in April 2002 when citizens who support the government they anticipated violence and recorded have answered to the President’s call to statements about fatalities when the peace. In any case where an irregular- deaths had not yet happened. ity has been found there has been an The National Telecommunication Coun- investigation. On the contrary it is the cil made the decision to remove the sig- organized motorcyclists have been the nal of NTN24 on account of its violating victims, with 4 deaths to date, the prod- article 57 of the constitution which pro- uct of violence from armed right wing hibits war propaganda, as well as article groups. 58 which establishes ultimate authority in communications, equally article 27 of the In the forming of the matrices the law of responsibility in television and ra- television stations of CNN USA in dio which prohibits hate messages, those Spanish and the Television stations of which cause anguish, or those which call USA CNN in Spanish, and the Colom- for non-recognition of the authorities. 29 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA

As as in the television broadcasts so in the social networks NTN24 fromColombia has become an in- strument of Venezuelas enemies

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The coverage of NTN24 effectively on conflict and ungovernable, where human account of its alarmist and sensational- rights are violated, and the government ist treatment, given the events, its bias is aggressive to pacific demonstrators . against the national authorities, blaming The Venezuelan opposition is generally of the government for the happenings, presented as a victim of the government the language and time given to this cov- and as a civilian sector fighting for de- erage, could be considered an apology mocracy. or propaganda for war, against the inter- The recent protests are presented as est of the venezuelan people. a pacific exercise of a group of apolit- In the considerations for removing its ical students who have been attacked removal from the air the fact that NTN24 by “armed collectives” supported by is a foreign station and for consider- the government, whilst the vandalism ations of national sovereignty the treat- and terrorist guarimbas are shown in ment of information can be categorized a confused way as part of a country as in violation of the peace of the repub- out of control. lic and the security of the country. The declarations of President Maduro Spanish language CNN on this occa- are minimized and given reduced in time sion characterized itself by presenting and importance. In general his declara- the image of Venezuela as a country on tions are carefully edited and comment- fire on all sides dominated by a violent ed on and the criticisms of the opposition

So CNN in Spanish presented their reports on Venezuela

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An event happened in Argentina in 2001 published it on social media as something new in Venezuela.

A complaint of abuse in Spain make it a Venezuelan case in the laboratories of psychological warfare.

32 VENEZUELA SE RESPETA are minimized as are the government 12th February to 6th March of the time spokesmen in general and anyone who Spanish language CNN devoted to defends the Bolivarian Revolution, at the Venezuela 83% was given to the oppo- same time that the leaders of the opposi- sition. tion and especially Leopoldo Lopez are In spite of this media campaign which presented as “civic heroes” who head goes beyond the national borders, tens of protests against a despotic regime. governments, 232 social movements and They insist on the existence of “armed 52 political parties are in solidarity with collectives” who act as parapolice follow- Venezuela and its National government. ing orders of the government or its politi- It is probable that many citizens of the cal allies. world have absorbed this campaign of In addition they insist on a supposed disinformation against Venezuela and in domination of the government over the good faith believe that the country needs media and censorship as a political tool external help to overcome the present of the Bolivarian Revolution and pres- crisis. But we venezuelans are accus- ent Venezuela as a blockaded country, tomed to thwarting the false sources of dangerous for the practice of journalism opinion, over 15 years of learning about and with few channels for the access to the perverse mechanisms of manipulating information. information which the international com- All of this became more marked with munication corporations have developed. an unbalance in information: from the

Between the 12th February and the 6th March, the time dedicated by spanish language CNN to the opposition(blue) was every day much greater than information about the followers of the Bolivarian Revolution (red).

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Dawson Anrig The damned Chavistas should all be shot dead Luis Rojas Mata … (illegible)…all these Chavistas should be sent to the gas chambers and killed …. Mayelis Colmenarez Every time I see chavistas I want to have a machine gun kill them Vote Capriles! To be clear with the Chavistas they should be killed as the GERMANS DID WITH THE jews. FIN end A.Giselle Torres.R . . .the Chavistas are so ignorant that they should be herded together and killed. Oscary It is so uncomfortable when you are in a group of chavistas talking about their presi- part of the psychological war led some people to send dent and all you want to do is take out a hate messages via the social networks shotgun and kill them all.

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A journalist is attacked by an out of control violent group in a municipality with a right wing mayor.

The Nuevo Herald of Miami invents news and passes off an old tank, now an ornament, as armament which would be used against students 35 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA

Cyber attack As part of the soft coup and along- databases registered with the Venezuelan side the terrorist violence Venezuela domaine (.nic.ve). with the aim of taking is now the victim of a strategy of cy- control of the database. This put at risk ber attack: a series of cyber attacks and some 266 thousand domains (web sites) informatics which seek to penetrate and public and private. destroy the information and communica- Some public web sites have received tion platforms of the country, a strategy up to 10 million attacks in the space of a in which not only groups of anti Ven- few hours. ezuela activists participate, but also the There have been attacks against in- networks of companies and media corpo- stallations, systems and workers of the rations. telephone company, attacks on vehicles, According to international legislation radio stations, telephone centres and cyber attacks are considered as infor- service networks which have temporarily matics terrorism.In Venezuela there is disabled internet services in some parts the special law against informatics which of the country. stipulates in aricles 6,7 &9 as actionable There has been a fake news report of a any acts against the state systems of supposed communication from Twitter inc computers. denouncing the blocking its photo sys- Criminal incursions of this kind have tems from Venezuela.The company never happened since the 12th February. Ac- confirmed this fake communicado but the cording to figures from the Ministry of news spread worldwide. Groups of op- Popular Power for Science, Technology position activists have denounced Ven- and Innovation more than 160 highly ezuela for supposed , sensitive public internet sites such as hiding all these criminal acts which violate Pdvsa, the ministries of Defense and the neutral use of the web. Finance The Cantv telephone enter- Revolutionary groups of activists for free prise and the National Telecommuni- software have shown up these lies and cations Council have received sys- have replied showing the way in which tematic attacks to disable them and to Venezuela is being the victim of these at- penetrate their information systems. tacks and manipulation. There are endless daily attacks on the

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Imperial Meddling The participation of the United States offering USA visas to students. Stangely, in the coup plot was exposed in a it was in one of the universities visited phone call made on the 16th February, by the diplomats that the wave of dis- to the ambassador of Venezuela to the turbances began. OAS, Roy Chaderton from Alex Lee, The foreign meddling has had on this adjunct subsecretary of the Depart- occasion the valuable help of artists of all ment of State. In this communication the world who, without knowing the real- Lee read to Chaderton a document ity of Venezuela, have expressed their with a series of demands which would solidarity with the guarimberos. Singers, be considered unacceptable by any Hollywood actors and other personalities sovereign country. of the arts world have participated in the Amongst the group of requests of the campaign of disinformation against Ven- USA government the following stand out: ezuela thanks to the massive diffusion call to the government of Venezuela to of their opinions by international media begin a process of dialogue with the Ven- corporations. ezuelan opposition, free those arrested The international co-ordination of the for the violent actions of the 12th Febru- campaign against Venezuela was evi- ary 2014 and days later, to avoid arrest- dent when the awarding of the Oscars ing: Leopoldo Lopez, “because it could was used as the scene for more attacks cause many problems and international against the country. The words of Jared consequences”. Leto, who compared Venezuela to the In reply the venezuelan chancellor, Ukraine in the middle of the ceremony Elias Jaua declared that that the com- formed part of the libretto elaborated by munications referred to from the USA the trans-nationals of the spectacle to constituted a threat to the sovereignty of vilify the revolutionary government in front Venezuela, as also to the independence of millions of spectators all over the world. of the Judiciary of the country who were Previously, stars of the spectacle like the ones responsible for deciding the Madonna and Cher threw strong epithets responsibilities in these cases. against President Maduro on twitter. Later President Maduro ordered the ex- Also the singer Rihanna made unfa- pulsion of the three USA second secre- vourable comments about the country, to taries, Breeann Marie Mccusker,.Jeffrey which tens of latinamerican singers and Gordon Elsen and Kristofer Lee Clark, actors added their voices. for conspiracy activities in the Venezu- There was a new chapter to the whole elan universities. These functionaries campaign with a request in the OAS by circulated around the country to visit cen- the government of Panama, ally of the tres of higher studies with the pretext of USA, with the idea of calling a convo- 37 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA cation of the chancellors of the member elaborated a joint declaration express- countries to anaylse the situation in Ven- ing solidarity with Venezuela, asking ezuela with the clearly interventionist aim. that the dialogue continue and lament- None the less, in an act considered his- ing the deaths. toric, the motion was rejected by 29 votes With this expression the OAS condemned against the three of Panama, USA and the violence and rejected any intervention Canada, and instead the organization in the internal affairs of Venezuela.

President Nicolas Maduro calls for a peace conference of all sectors of the country

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Peace For Venezuela The 23rd February president Maduro the opposition including its most well announced the convocation of a Na- known leaders such as the governor of tional Peace Conference with the aim Miranda, Henrique Capriles, who refused of re-establishing the climate of peace the invitation from the President. which had been affected by the guar- At this stage, the new conspiracy against imbas. The president explained that the revolutionary government of Venezu- he would ask for the creation of a truth ela looks to be disarticulated having failed commission in the National Assembley to include the popular sectors of the popu- which would investigate the violence lation in the violent actions, without whom unleashed by opposition which to date there is no insurrection in any part of the have caused the death of 18 people and world. The guarimbas have remained iso- left hundreds of wounded. lated in a few isolated zones of the coun- “I am calling on the whole country to the try where the middle and high class inhab- conference, to look at ourselves in the itants are beginning to reject these actions eye and recognize ourselves as Venezu- which expose them and their children to elans, to say: we want peace, we want to risk and leave them cut off from the rest of make the peace” said President Maduro. the national territory. To date there have been two meetings There is no doubt that Venezuela will of the Peace conference which have overcome this test, as it has in the ear- been attended by the highest authorities lier occasions in which it has defeated of the churches, companies and sectors conspiracies mounted with funds and of the opposition who do not support strategies from Washington. The Ven- violence as a method of political strug- ezuelan people will go forward, study gle. Notorious was the absence of the and work will continue earlier rather than representatives of the so called united later and the uncontrolled vandalism of democratic round table (Mesa de la Uni- this irrational opposition will remain as dad Democratica [MUD]), which groups an unhappy memory n the history of XXI together the most reactionary sector of century Venezuela.

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Chronology of an attempted coup 10 April 2013 24th May 2013 The conversation between a guard and The Spanish newspaper ABC published a chauffeur of Capriles Radonsky is re- a strange note which distorted the words leased showing the destabilization plan of President Maduro entitled “Maduro of the right to have non-recognition of the will arm millions of Venezuelan work- election results of the 14th of April 2013 ers to defend the revolution” further on in the note it affirms that the president 14th of April 2013 of Venezuela had decided to create an There are presidential elections and armed body of “worker militias” the candidate of the revolution, Nico- las Maduro is elected with 50.61 of the 17th July 2013 votes. The Venezuelan right ignores the The USA ambassador to the United Na- election result and calls for street vio- tions, Samantha Power, declares that lence. Eleven people are killed by the Venezuela is a repressive nation and that action of fascist groups. The National her conduct as ambassador would be to Electoral Council carries out a recount of respond to the repression of civilian so- the votes and ratifies the results in fa- ciety which was happening in countries vour of the candidate Nicolas Maduro. like Cuba, Iran, Russia and Venezuela.

18 April 2013 Since the presidential elections, Presi- the USA joins in the attempt to desta- dent Maduro has been attacked in differ- bilize the country and the US secretary ent ways by the national and internation- of state John Kerry announces that his al right. One of the strategies has been government will not recognize the Presi- economic war, with the misdirection of dent of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro as foreign currency granted by CADIVI, and long as they do not carry out a recount the abysmal speculation with consumer of the votes. products, especially food. The govern- ment of Venezuela answered forcefully 4th May 2013 and received the backing of the people. Barrack Obama attacks Venezuela and applies methods which today are 26 September 2013 given more strength; “all of the region President Maduro announced the ex- has seen the violence in Venezuela, the pulsion of three employees of the USA demonstrations, the repression of the embassy, on account of their constant opposition.” As well he did not recog- meetings with the extreme right in Ven- nize the legitimacy of the presidential ezuela “to finance their actions of sabo- elections of 14th April 2013. tage against the venezuelan electrical system and economy” 41 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA

20th November 2013 violent face of the Bolivarian Revolution, The Venezuelan right threatens the gangs kept by the regime to intimidate stability of the democratically elected civil society and on occasions do their government, taking advantage of new dirty work”. municipal elections which will be hap- pening in the country. Amongst the 23 January 2014 people destabilizing persons was the ex The political party Popular Will calls presidential candidate Enrique Capriles for street actions, whose aim would be who in reference to the president of the “the exit” of the president. The convoca- republic Nicolas Maduro threatened him tion was called for the 12th February of “I am telling you clearly, Nicolas, so that 2014, the convener Leopoldo Lopez stat- you get it loud and clear, after the 8th ed “We do not know when the change December we are going for you and your will be produced, but if we do not start wretched government.” now it will never happen.” He made a call to “light the streets with struggle” At the end of this year the municipal elections were held, which the right 2 February 2014 planned to turn into a plebiscite against From the Plaza Brion de Chacaito, Leopol- the president, although this was not with- do Lopez, Maria Corina Machado and An- in the statutes of the constitution. In tonio Ledezma ratified the call for the 12 the elections the forces of the Bolivarian February march form the Plaza Venezuela. Revolution gained an ample victory with Lopez, principal mover of the mobiliza- 58%, managing to win 76% of the munic- tion said that “we have to go out into the ipalities, the right losing the last electoral streets together. The struggle is for all is action to achieve their objective. the struggle for each one and the struggle for each one is the struggle for all” 18th December 2013 The government of Nicolas Maduro car- 6th February 2014 ries out a meeting with all the opposition Supposed students from the Catholic municipalities and governors, with the University of the sate of Tachira sieged aim of finding means for the develop- and attacked the residence of the gover- ment of different projects. All of the op- nor Vielma Mora, where the first lady and position mayors came to the meeting. her children were. Following these acts four people were detained, these deten- 1st January 2014 tions were taken as the excuse for the The newspaper the New Herald of the right to add another slogan for the march USA published another strange note of the 12th February, and directed that without referring to any particular happen- the march for this day should begin in the ing, entitled: “the collectives, order and Plaza Venezuela and end opposite the Chavista terror in Venezuela,” without any vicinity of the ministry of public affairs. basis or background. The medium pres- ents the picture of armed groups outside of the law, affirming that: ”they are the 42 VENEZUELA SE RESPETA

10th February 2014 12th February 2014 In visits made by Leopoldo lopez the call The march called by the right wing in for the “Gran Marcha” in Caracas was Venezuela happens. At the end of the ratified for the 12th February against march organized by the “Voluntad Popu- Maduro and authorities of other powers lar” party of Leopoldo Lopez, a group of the state. On this occasion; “Everyone of masked people attacked the seat of go now for a total and profound change the Attorney General of the Republic. In of who manages the national power, it these happenings two people were killed was clear now that it is not only Maduro and there were twenty three wounded. but it is all the heads of the public insti- tutions who have taken over the state.” President Maduro in an address to the In this way the representative of the Vol- people informs them that the material untad Popular party makes an open call authors of the dead and wounded pro- for pulling apart the constitution. duced in the country had been identified. Amongst the losses produced by the vio- 11 February 2014 lent acts of the right were five patrol cars From the state channel, Venezolano of the scientific criminal investigation de Television, the recording of a tele- unit destroyed and set on fire. Amongst phone conversation between the opposi- the dead were Juan Montoya, a Chavista tion leaders Ivan Carratu and Fernando leader who was in the zone and Bassil Gerbassi, in which they reveal that in Dacosta, a young worker who accompa- the march of the 12th of February acts nied his cousin in the students march. of violence similar to those of the 11th April 2002 will be started with the aim of Following the happenings, Leopoldo overturning the legitimate government of Lopez returned to the theory of armed Nicolas Maduro. In the recording it comes groups outside of the law and with no out that the groups had received more proof declared that “there are the photos than 120 thousand million bolivars to of the armed collectives, there are the finance the actions of destabilization and videos of the detachment which looked overthrow of the National Government. like simple spectators when the were stoning the attorneys office.” Leopoldo Lopez declared on television station CNN that “tomorrows demonstra- Late at night violent bands who called tion plans to be in the street and say we themselves “pacific” demonstrators are here (….) they can’t deal with us, moved to other zones of the city to attack tomorrow will make a big step forward and destroy private and public properties. which will enable us to keep advanc- In this event the student Roberto Redman ing, we will march with no respect, the died, attacked in the zone of Chacao. government wants to keep an agenda of violence, and as they control the mo- This same night a radiobase of the na- nopoly of communications in Venezuela tional telephone company is attacked they hide it. (… . . )the call we make is as well as a technician of the telephone for people to stay in the streets”. company. Similarly, violent groups at- 43 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA tacked the metro stations of Parque 15th February 2014 Carabobo, Bellas Artes, Parque Central The secretary of state of the USA sent and Chacao. Likewise armed subjects his first message on the situation of beat and threatened two Metro opera- Venezuela, taking for granted that the tors, one heritage guard and wounded a violence came from the side of the gov- security chief with a knife. ernment and that they were alarmed by the detention order against the leader of 13th Febtruary 2014 the opposition Leopoldo Lopez, which A order for detention was issued for obstructed the peoples right to pacific Leopoldo Lopez, who was accused of demonstration. The same day the there the following crimes: public instigation, were new attacks on the Metro stations property damage, intellectual author in of Chacao and Altamira. the crime of arson, and association for criminal purposes. 16th February 2014 Renewed violent attacks were made In the state of Zulia, violent groups tries against the stations of Chacao and Al- to set fire to two trucks loaded with cel- tamira, causing serious damage to the lular phones belonging to the state en- facades, security systems, structures, and terprise Movilnet. ventilation systems amongst others. In this event one worker was brutally beaten. 14th February Now a fugitive from justice the person 17th February 2014 responsible for the violent events, Leo- President Maduro made public the activi- poldo Lopez, incomprehensibly, now ties of the functionaries of the Embassy hiding from justice, challenged the of the USA who had met, on several president Nicolas Maduro, saying that occasions, with right wing students to the President was scared of him and destabilize the situation, financing one did not have the guts to imprison him. group of students who carried out acts of For his part the President stated that violence in the country. the justice system sooner or later would detain him and would judge the intellec- A young man Jose Ernesto Mendez was tual author of the violent happenings of erecting a street barricade in Carupano the past 12th February who was pres- when a motorist tried to pass and ob- ently a fugitive. struct the guarimberos, he forced his Assaults were made against public way and resulted in the running over of transport Metro buses, throwing objects the young man which ended his life. at the buses to set them on fire with the drivers inside. In addition the attacks Violent groups attacked units of the against the Metro stations of Chacao, Metro on the Charallave-Ocumare route Altamira, and Los Cortijos continued. and Santa Monica, causing damages to the units, equally, other violent groups attacked the workers at the control of the Metro station of Altamira. 44 VENEZUELA SE RESPETA

18th February 2014 confirmed that the bullet came from the On account of the barricades placed by demonstration. the terrorist groups, the third auxiliary prosecutor of the Public Ministry of the 20th February 2014 state of Carabobo, Julio Gonzalez was Sr Arturo Alexis Martinez is assassinat- killed when his vehicle crashed against ed by a gunshot when he was clearing a barricade while attempting to avoid the rubble from the barricades to be able to demonstrators pass with his vehicle.

In Merida various public transport sta- The same day in Bolivar state Angel tions were attacked with clubs Castillo, a worker from Sidor was as- sassinated by sniper fire when, together Leopoldo lopez addressed a crowd from with his companions, he was winding up in a plaza in the capital inciting the dem- a peace march organized by Chavistas. onstrators to take the streets, “now that He died from a shot in the neck. there is no way we can express our- selves freely in Venezuela ... This exit A motorcycle taxidriver, Asdrubal Jesus has to be pacific, within the constitution, Rodriguez Araguazan, died after hav- but it also has to be in the streets”. ing been intercepted by a group of right wing demonstrators in the plaza Altami- 19th Feb 2014 ra, he disappeared and then was found In Lara violent groups set fire to seven dead from gunshot wounds in the Ave- vehicles in the state, in addition an of- nida Boyaca in Caracas. fice of the telephone enterprise Cantv was attacked. In Caracas violent hordes 21st February 2014 attacked a Cantv worker, Carlos Luis In Merida Doris Elena Lobo Arias died Mayora. Public transport vehicles in Los after falling from a motorcycle when try- Teques, state of Miranda, were attacked ing to dodge a barricade causing cranial with clubs when transporting passen- damage complicated with other general- gers. Equally a transport vehicle was ized trauma. hijacked in El Marques and the Metro station of Los Cortijos was attacked. In Caracas, on account of the barricades a young man, Elvis Rafael Duran de la Barack Obama spoke on Venezuela, Rosa died decapitated falling trying to he condemned the violence which had pass by a barricade. been unleashed in the anti government protests and exhorted the release of the 22d February demonstrators who had been detained. The secretary of state of the USA, John Kerry attacked Venezuela again ac- In Carabobo Genesis Carmona, a cusing the government of using force young model, died as a result of a gun- against the demonstrators, and asked shot wound coming from the right wing the government of Venezuela not to use demonstrators. The first investigations force to repress the dissidents. 45 IN DEFENSE OF VENEZUELA

In San Cristobal a young Chavista activ- 26 February 2014 ist, Danny Joel Melgarejo Vargas was President Nicolas Maduro inaugurates assassinated with a knife. an unprecedented Peace conference, attended by diverse sectors: political, In Carabobo a female citizen Geraldine social, cultural, sports, and economic. Moreno Orozco, not a demonstrator, The peace conference became perma- found herself in the middle of a confron- nent after the 28th, and has agreed to tation between two violent groups and tackle subjects in work tables, and also the National Guard when she was hit by making Regional Peace Conferences. a shot gun blast in the face and died the Amongst the proposals a “Truth Com- next day. mission” to investigate who was respon- sible for the assassinations starting from 23rd February 2014 the 12th February 2014. The leader of the violence Leopoldo Lopez handed himself in to the venezu- 27th February 2014 elan authorities after a detention order A large national march commemorates the from the department of public prosecu- 25 years since the rebellion of February tion, following proof that he was behind 1989. In the previous days thousands of the violent deaths carried out by the marches of women, students, campesi- right. The government guaranteed all his nos, fishermen and workers of Venezuela rights and his family recognized this. expressed their support for the Bolvarian Revolution and their repudiation of the right wing violence unleashed since the 24th February 12th February in various spots in Venezu- In Aragua Sr Wilmer Carballo Amaya, 40 ela. In the international arena the Boli- years old, died from a gunshot wound varian Revolution received the support received in the Fundacion Cagua district of various social movements of America, during violence of right wing groups. Asia and Europe, from UNASUR, CELAC, and ALBA. In comparison the government Sr Jimmy Vargas died after falling from of the USA showed its interventionist strat- a second story suffering severe craneo- egy against Venezuela by appealing to its cephalic trauma. It is noted that the fall international allies in America and Europe. was by losing balance and not gunfire, as various private media state. 28th February 2014 The Department of Public Prosecution 25 February 2014 had counted 18 victims as a consequence Sr Jhoan Gabriel Quintero Carrasco died of the barricades, without including the in Aragua during the sacking of a super- indirect deaths of people who suffered market, this seems to be a settling of asphyxia or heart attacks on account of accounts on account of him having re- being unable the reach the health centres ceived 12 shots. to be seen to opportunely. President Maduro ordered the expulsion of three USA diplomats who had been 46 VENEZUELA SE RESPETA proved to have been interfering and 7th March 2014 being in alliance with violent right wing Johan Alfonso Pineda Morales, motorcy- groups. Days later, the 25th of February clist, 28 years old, died as the result of the USA would take the step of retalia- another barricade. tion with three Venezuelan diplomats in their country. Since the 12th February, extremist A second sergeant of the Bolivarian Na- groups in municipalities governed by the tional Guard, Giovani Pantoja died from opposition maintained the streets and a bullet in the eye from a terrorist gun avenues barred, in addition using fascist when he was removing rubble from a and terrorist methods which have pro- barricade in Carabobo. duced deaths directly and indirectly. The guarimbas in addition have caused ma- 4 March 2014 jor losses in public and private property: The Chamber of Representatives of the plazas, buildings, trees, streets, street USA approved resolution H.R.488 dep- fronts and walls amongst others. lorng the violence perpetrated against opposition leaders and demonstrators To date 57 members of the National in Venezuela. The same resolution even Guard have been wounded while carry- though with individual sanctions, is be- ing out their duties in the country and as fore the senate chamber of the USA for a result of the guarimbas. approval

6th March 2014 The motorcycle taxi-ist Jose Gregorio Amaris was assassinated by a shot to the head while participating in removing a barricade in Los Ruices, Sucre munici- pality, state of Miranda. In the same place another person, second sergeant of the Bolivarian National Guard, Acner Isaac Lopez Leon was hit by gunfire.

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