Actually, Most Venezuelans Don't Want to Overthrow the Government

Actually, Most Venezuelans Don't Want to Overthrow the Government
By Alice Speri
March 14, 2014 | 10:50 am

Three more people were killed in clashes in Venezuela on Wednesday, raising the death toll of the unrest that started there more than a month ago to 25.
The latest victims — a student, an army officer and a man who was reached by a bullet while painting his house — died in the central state of Carabobo as riots continued to flare up across the country.

Far from dying out, the protests have grown in intensity and violence - though not in massive numbers of people hitting the streets. Each side has repeatedly blamed the other for the violence, and each has doubled down on its tactics: not only barricades and tear gas, but also improvised explosives and live ammunition.

But with the two camps aligned solidly along class lines, the protests have remained largely confined to a small, more privileged minority. And while things in Venezuela are getting ugly, it’s looking less likely that they’ll bring down the government.

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“Just like they couldn’t get rid of Chavez, now they are trying to get rid of Maduro, but they can’t do that because the people are with him,” Ulises Bravo, a resident of the Caracas barrio of Nuevo Horizonte, told VICE News earlier this month. “All they care for is to get rid of Maduro, they don’t care that people eat or that they are educated.”

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