The Venezuelan government critic Leopoldo López is in prison, but his followers give his messages via Twitter on. While he believes in a dialogue between government and opposition, López let them know, “but upright, not on her knees. After 15 years, we know how the dictatorship negotiated”.
With dictatorship, the Presidency of the Socialist Hugo Chavez and his successor Nicolás Maduro is meant. The government and its critics are opposite enemies , the protests on the streets have deepened the trenches . Nearly 40 people have died in the unrest since early February , injured 500 people . Government critics block roads with barricades , motorized militias spread fear .
For the first time , the government and sections of the opposition met on Tuesday and shown ready to negotiate . It is an approximation , after all , is threaded by a delegation of States Alliance Unasur . This also shows how suspicious the bearing face : Only with the help from the outside it ever comes to conversations. On Thursday there will be a next meeting.
But López are with his Twitter message set the tone for the more radical wing of the opposition. ” Put the street on fire ” is the credo of his organization ” La Salida ” the way out. Since Lopez was arrested in February , María Corina Machado his confidante has risen to become a key figure in the movement. For its supporters , it is a courageous woman who openly denounces the sins of government. For the government it is a hate figure .
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Machado calls , Maduro should resign as soon as possible . “Until the next election , the country is broken. ” Because of their sharp criticism and because she spoke at a meeting of the Organization of American States in Panama on Venezuela, she has been deprived of the electoral mandate . Thus, it has lost its immunity and could be sued by the judiciary because of their involvement in the protests.
She was not ready for a dialogue , ” which stabilizes the dictatorship ,” she said on Tuesday the newspaper ” El Universal” and announced that she had even spoken with the Unasur . The reasoning of their movement : the weakened government talks could give you the opportunity to play for time . But Machado and her supporters want to put the government under pressure , with road blockades and protest marches.
How far the talks can lead at all, not even when the opposition is united for this? Parts of Machado’s followers , the representatives of the moderate opposition Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD ), which have now participated in the talks , abused in social networks as “traitors” . Even within the MUD conversations are controversial. Henrique Capriles , the MUD presidential candidate of 2012, approximately tweeted on Tuesday evening : ” The insecurity and violence continue, they kill more Venezuelans without the government’s response , there are only excuses The protests continue . ”
Capriles was designated in March from an important government officials as “hateful fascist murderers” who “threatened with war.” This is the tone in which President Maduro deal with political rivals. He mocked his opponents live from the government palace, CNN is for him a “Fascist station”.
The mistrust runs deep. The end of March had Maduro three air force generals arrested, which conspiracy and involvement in coup plans are accused. Three of the opposition related mayors were also arrested.
The problems in the country that triggered the protests and be denounced again and again, also remain unresolved. Citizens are concerned about the brutal violence and high crime rates in the country, the rampant corruption, lack of supply and high inflation.
The opposition members and participants of the talks, Ramón Guillermo Aveledo endeavor after all verbally to relaxation between the warring camps. “We have different visions – we can also have The bottom line is that we be respectful of each other and settle our differences We are the people guilty…”
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