John Suarez in Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter:
#SOSVenezuela Update: Maduro Regime Strikes Back Against Nonviolent Students
“We are not going to give in or kneel. We are going to continue in the streets, fighting for Venezuelans and the youths who want a democratic country, with free media that aren’t censored or self-censored, with justice and equity.” – Juan Requesen, student leader at the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
Over the past 24 hours the news of violence, brutality, torture, and killing of students has increased to disturbing proportions. This is a strategic decision of the Maduro government and their Cuban handlers. The successful mass mobilization of millions of Venezuelans to take to the streets in Venezuela and join mass protests led and organized by students is due to their independent and nonviolent character. It has also captured the imagination of activists all over the world and solidarity demonstrations have been held in different cities. I attended one yesterday afternoon in Miami. Videos are appearing of students from around the world demonstrating their solidarity with student protesters in Venezuela.
This is not to say that demonstrators are unaware of the danger of violence against their persons, but they know that they do not need to engage in acts of violence to take part in these demonstrations. What the regime is doing with the violent provocations that involve beatings, anally raping a student with a rifle butt, disappearing students, and shooting students in the head seeks to turn the nonviolent movement violent.
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So again, where’s the liberal crowd on this, not to mention the Hollywood Cretin Corps? The hypocrisy is really too appalling for words. Just imagine if the exact same thing were happening under Pinochet. Talk about FULL of SHIT.