Venezuela blames Colombia, Uribe for deadly student protests

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On Saturday, the Venezuelan President and the President of Venezuela’s Parliament claimed the country’s South American neighbor is a base for the subversive “fascist” plot they say is behind massive student protests ravaging the capital city of Caracas, along with other major urban centers throughout the country, according to various international media sources.

During an official visit to the southeast Venezuelan state of Bolivar, Diosdado Cabello, President of the National Assembly of Venezuela — the country’s parliament — accused former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe of fronting and financing a United States-led rebellion in the South American country.

“The [political] right is currently conspiring [...] led from the United States with a base in Colombia,” Cabello was quoted as saying Saturday by the Spanish EFE newswire.

Large-scale student protests took to the streets of Venezuela’s major cities starting last Wednesday, reportedly to express discontent with a myriad of social and political issues, including widespread government corruption and a scarcity of basic goods throughout the country. In the wake of a violent state response toward protesters and media outlets active in the country, the Venezuelan government is now attributing social unrest to a Western conspiracy, orchestrated in part by Uribe.