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Judi Lynn

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Sat Mar 29, 2014, 04:29 PM Mar 2014

Video of a typical oppositiion "Guarimba" being constructed on a road in Venezuela

Video of a typical oppositiion "Guarimba" being constructed on a road in Venezuela

By Arturo Rosales, Columnist, Axis of Logic
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014


The video presented below shows how the guarimberos operate to disrupt public order in Venezuela and blame it on the government. This guarimba takes place in the Mirandean Heights about 15 miles outside Caracas in the area known as San Antonio de Los Altos which is part if the Municipality of Carrizales.

José Luis Rodríguez is the opposition mayor of Carrizales and also a member of the opposition political party. "Un Nuevo Tiempo" i.e. "A New Time." The governor of Miranda state is Henrique Capriles Radonski who has a police force equipped to deal with this sort of road blocking and arson. Therefore, an opposition mayor and governor are implicated in these actions that verge on terrorism.

Some readers may think of a street and road barricade like the one shown in the video are relatively harmless, little more than annoyances or as "civil disobedience" by people protesting against the government. As with most opposition barricades, the materials used to install this one are combustible, wood, plastic, a bed mattress with gasoline as a catalyst. These are then set ablaze, blocking traffic with dramatic effects for striking fear and terror. In this guarimba perpetrators also burned the forest. Last week fascists burned the precious Güaraira Repano forest in Avila National Park that overlooks Caracas, ringing it with fire. (see photo below the video). Nationwide it is estimated that the guarimberos have cut down or destroyed 5000 trees. Their willingness to destroy nature reveals their true character. Guarimbas like the one shown in the video are the most frequently-used traps for killing people. After they've been abandoned by the guarimberos, motorists are shot by snipers in hiding or from a distance when the leave their car to remove part of the barricade to continue on their journey. Members of the National Guard and National Police have also been shot and killed in this manner when clearing road barricades.

The Mirandean Heights video was shown last night on the Zurda Konducta program on national public television, VTV, and the images speak for themselves.

More:
http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_66509.shtml

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