- Created: 13 February 2014
The February 2014 issue of the Hands Off Venezuela newsletter is out. It deals with the renewed attempts of the violent Venezuelan opposition to force the removal of the democratically elected government of Nicolás Maduro and put an end to the Bolivarian Revolution. You can download the PDF File here
After days of violent opposition demonstrations in several cities of Venezuela, February 12 had been billed as the D Day of an offensive to overthrow the democratically elected Maduro government. In several cities there were opposition demonstrations which were allowed to proceed without repression. There were also bigger revolutionary , youth demos marking 200 years since the battle of La Victoria, during the independence war.
In the run up to the December 8 municipal elections the campaign of speculation, hoarding, profiteering, overpricing and sabotage of the economy has intensified. The Venezuelan government of President Maduro has denounced that there is a “slow motion coup” being implemented. The year on year inflation rate has reached 74% and the scarcity index is at a record level of 22%.