Venezuela crackdown deemed worst in years

[Zorro]

National Guard troops beat dozens of opposition supporters inside a barracks for refusing to accept the government-certified electoral victory of Hugo Chavez's heir, a leading human rights lawyer charged Thursday in what he called Venezuela's worst political repression in six years.

Alfredo Romero said his group's lawyers also compiled evidence supporting opposition activists' claims that National Guard troops had used excessive force against protesters, including shooting some point-blank with plastic shotgun pellets.

As details of the crackdown emerged, Nicolas Maduro prepared to be sworn in as president and the speaker of the National Assembly again threatened to bar the opposition from its only remaining political platform, the legislature, unless it recognized Maduro's legitimacy.

Romero said the beatings occurred at National Guard barracks No. 47 in the western city of Barquisimeto after at least 300 protesters were arrested across Venezuela for backing opposition candidate Henrique Capriles' demand for a recount of all the votes cast Sunday.

http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-crackdown-deemed-worst-years-230149996.html

Venezuelan democracy in action.

[Arctic Dave]

1. I'm glad to see they are playing the same game.

It makes me look smarter then I am.


Riot, then complain that the police are cracking down. Derp.

[joshcryer]

2. Say the same of OWS? They got the audit!

So it worked. Just as direct action always works in these situations.

[Bacchus4.0]

5. I am sure the chavistas here support that

One that posts alot says she was going to Ven this month. I wonder if she is there now. Looks like she is still posting alot though.

[Peace Patriot]

3. Just checked in to see who you're quoting. Yahoo. Natch.

ya·hoo

1
capitalized : a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who have the form and all the vices of humans
2
(influenced by 2yahoo) : a boorish, crass, or stupid person
— ya·hoo·ism

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yahoo

Their so-called reporting on Venezuela is as bad as the Associated Pukes--but I don't have to give them a special name for it.

[naaman fletcher]

6. It's an AP story. Nt

[Bacchus4.0]

7. definition

ap
Abbreviation
1.Associated Press.
2.Advanced placement.

[Bacchus4.0]

4. saw that story this morning was going to post

sickening the repression that is happening there.

[killbotfactory]

8. This is outrageous.

The police are stopping some of the protesters from hurling their freedom stones and starting liberty fires, while callously pretending that anybody has been harmed by the freedom mask wearing harmony brigades!

[Marksman_91]

9. Right, because this GN response was TOTALLY called for

[Bacchus4.0]

10. its the chavista way n/t

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[killbotfactory]

11. I know.

It's almost like they are reacting as if they've had major problems with the peaceful transitions of power in the past, and wish to avoid such problems after a contested election where riots-- I mean freedom parties, were occurring in support the guy who lost-- I mean robbed of his victory. Nothing in their history would suggest that it would be wise for them to act in such a manor.

[Marksman_91]

12. There is NO JUSTIFICATION FOR SHOOTING UNARMED CIVILIANS AT POINT-BLANK RANGE!!!

Nothing justifies such a vile act, and you are seemingly defending them simply because they're subordinates to a "leftist" government? You're disgusting.