Chavistas threaten to cut off food boxes to those who protest against Maduro
"Take care your bags!" shouted desperate CLAP members while inhabitants of January 23 caceroleaban
By: Aporrea.org | Tuesday, 01/22/2019 01:54 PM
translated from Spanish
Caracas, January 22, 2019.- On the night of this Monday, January 21, a cacerolazo was carried out in different areas of Caracas. The community of the Central sector of the parish 23 de Enero joined the loud protest. They reported to aporrea.org that when they carried out the peaceful way of expressing their discontent, high-caliber guns were heard and some members of CLAP were heard screaming threateningly, "Take care of your bags!" referring to the food bags, to which neighbors responded by increasing the force with which they made the pots sounded, while shouting "We do not care about the bag anymore! We do not get threatened! Shut up, (bootlickers)!
The population that has been hard hit by the crisis has taken the decision to express their dissatisfaction in some way. The comments in the networks, but also in the streets, in the work centers express the desperation caused by the situation of high precariousness in which Venezuelans find themselves. The prices of food are unattainable, also of medicines. Life has become very precarious because of the collapse of public services. Not a few communities have been forced to cook wood due to lack of gas; Water service is poor and transportation is scarce and increases frequently.
The minimum wage was "increased" last week to Bs 18 thousand, which means an approximate of 7 dollars. Products and services are charged in dollars.
In this context, the opposition of the Right is strengthened despite not having presented a recovery plan for the country and having an interventionist policy.
For its part, the government of Nicolás Maduro grows, but in rejection rates, as demonstrated by the very high abstention of the December elections.
https://www.aporrea.org/actualidad/n337323.html
The 23 de Enero barrio is filled with poor Venezuelans who up until most recently, had supported Chavismo.
