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Protests Against Nicolás Maduro
In 2014, a series of protests, political demonstrations, and civil insurrection began in Venezuela due to the country's high levels of urban violence, inflation, and chronic shortages of basic goods and services. Explanations for these worsening conditions vary, with analysis blaming strict price controls, alongside long-term, widespread political corruption resulting in the under-funding of basic government services. While protests first occurred in January, after the murder of actress and former Miss Venezuela Mónica Spear, 2014 Venezuelan protests, the 2014 protests against Nicolás Maduro began in earnest that February following the attempted rape of a student on a university campus in San Cristóbal, Táchira, San Cristóbal. Subsequent arrests and killings of student protesters spurred their expansion to neighboring cities and the involvement of opposition leaders. The year's early months were characterized by large demonstrations and violent clashes between protesters and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crisis In Venezuela
An ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis began in Venezuela during the presidency of Hugo Chávez and has worsened during the presidency of successor Nicolás Maduro. It has been marked by hyperinflation, escalating starvation, disease, crime and mortality rates, resulting in Venezuelan refugee crisis, massive emigration. It is the worst economic crisis in Venezuela's history, and the worst facing a country in peacetime since the mid-20th century. The crisis is often considered more severe than the Great Depression in the United States, the 1985–1994 Brazilian economic crisis, or the 2008–2009 hyperinflation in Zimbabwe. Writers have compared aspects, such as unemployment and GDP contraction, to that of Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina after the 1992–95 Bosnian War, and those in 1998 Russian financial crisis, Russia, Special Period, Cuba and 1997 Albanian civil unrest, Albania following the Revolutions of 1989.* * In June 2010, Chávez dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Patriotic Pole
The Simón Bolívar Great Patriotic Pole (, GPPSB), or just the Great Patriotic Pole (, GPP), is a left-wing socialist and Chavista electoral alliance/ popular front of Venezuelan political parties created in 2012 to support the re-election of Hugo Chávez in the 2012 presidential election. Members The GPP is currently composed of the following political parties: Election results Parliamentary Presidential Regional Municipal See also * Democratic Unity Roundtable – the opposing electoral alliance * Popular Revolutionary Alternative – a breakaway electoral alliance *Kilusang Bagong Lipunan Notes Also includes some centre-left parties and one right-wing party, but is dominated by the left-wing other than on social policies such as abortion and LGBT rights. References External linksgranpolopatriotico.org.ve{{Venezuelan political parties 2011 establishments in Venezuela Anti-Zionism in South America Far-left politics in Venezuela Hugo Chávez Left-wing po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fearless People's Alliance
The Fearless People's Alliance (''Alianza Bravo Pueblo'') is a political party in Venezuela. At the 2000 Venezuelan parliamentary election the party won one out of 165 seats in the National Assembly of Venezuela. History The party's president Antonio Ledezma was an opponent and outspoken critic of the late former President Hugo Chávez. While his electoral support is not significant, his flamboyant approach has enabled him to maintain a high profile. Ledezma is the former Governor of the Federal District covering Caracas and a former member of Democratic Action, a large social democratic party opposed to Chávez and his successor Maduro. He made allegations of embezzlement against the Chávez administration and has also alleged that the government is engaging in forced indoctrination of children. In 2004, he claimed he had been detained in Tazón, near Caracas by military police Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the militar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrique Capriles
Henrique Capriles Radonski (; born 11 July 1972) is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer, who served as the 36th Governor of Miranda (state), Miranda from 2008 to 2017. Born in Caracas, he received a degree in law from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, and later in tax law from the Central University of Venezuela. He first ventured into politics at age 26, when he became the youngest member ever elected to the Venezuelan parliament. He secured a seat in the Chamber of Deputies of Venezuela, Chamber of Deputies in the 1998 Venezuelan parliamentary election, 1998 parliamentary elections, under the Christian Democratic Party (Copei). He served as vice president of the Congress and president of the Chamber of Deputies until their dissolution by the 1999 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Constituent Assembly in August 1999. In 2000, he co-founded the political party Primero Justicia, alongside politicians Julio Borges and Leopoldo Lopez, and ran successfully for the may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafaela Requesens
Rafaela Requesens (; born June 12, 1992, in Caracas) is a Venezuelan activist and student leader, former president of the Federation of the Students Center of the Central University of Venezuela (FCU–UCV) and an organiser of student protests in Venezuela. She was a prominent figure of the 2017 Venezuelan protests, along with her brother, Juan Requesens, and has since become a prominent democracy activist. Early life Requesens attended high school at the Los Riscos school. She was a flamenco dancer for fifteen years from the age of six, and wanted to pursue this as a career before facing injury due to being overweight, ultimately resulting in knee surgery after a rigorous exercise program. While she was still dancing, her brother convinced her to go to university, and she chose to study Political Studies at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), starting in 2010. It was after her injury, which occurred during a year out, that she became interested in politics. She said in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
