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State of emergency, control and complete silence in Venezuela

Even if we reject the violent options the evidence of the government’s position is there to be seen. Español

State of emergency, control and complete silence in Venezuela
11 January 2019, Venezuela, Caracas: "We are democracy," it says on posters at a public session of the disempowered National Assembly. | Boris Vergara/DPA/PA Images
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On Monday, May 4, within the context of a confusing uprising on the Venezuelan coast, Provea (Venezuelan Program for Education and Action in Human Rights) reiterated a series of principles through its social networks, which generated a strong response from high officials of the de facto government.

What did the messages say?

1) In the face of the loss of peaceful means of conflict resolution, Maduro encouraged violence;