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| Venezuela's Maduro pelted by angry crowd at rally |
| 2017-04-13 |
| A parade in honour of former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez’s Chavista movement, and attended by President Nicolas Maduro, was interrupted by critics who threw objects at the embattled leader in Bolivar state. The rally event, purportedly attended by his supporters, turned into a public display of opposition directly targeting the South American president on Tuesday. It comes after days of violent opposition protests in the country’s cities in which two people have been killed. As Maduro waved goodbye, standing in an open air caravan, he and his security detail were pelted by onlookers with what Venezuelan media are claiming were eggs. Maduro’s security flanked the president as the objects were thrown and state-controlled media outlets halted their broadcast of the event when the attack began. At least five people were arrested following Tuesday’s rally for throwing “sharp objects” at Maduro. They are added to the at least 188 others, mostly students, who have been arrested earlier in April. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #5 Some wag photoshopped that Kardashian handing Maduro a Pepsi. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-04-13 17:06 |
| #4 Wake me up when the starving masses eat Maduro. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2017-04-13 15:09 |
| #3 Unlikely. The proletariat might get the idea that it may not work. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-04-13 13:09 |
| #2 days of violent opposition protests And I'm sure the MSM covered this in detail, right? Um, right? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-04-13 07:34 |
| #1 threw objects at the embattled leader Let me know when the objects they're throwing go boom. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-04-13 07:32 |