Viewfinder: Anti-Maduro Protests in Venezuela

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: May 17, 2018

"No to the Maduro circus. The candidate Maduro promises to solve the problems that the President Maduro could not." An opponent of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro demonstrates in front of the Organization of American States offices in Caracas on May 16th, 2018. Venezuela's opposition demonstrates against the May 20th presidential election, urging those running against Maduro to withdraw their candidacy.
(Photo: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images)

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A young demonstrator writes slogans on the pavement during a protest against the government of President Nicolás Maduro in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela, on February 2nd, 2019.

President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro (center) gives a speech to his supporters from the Balcón del Pueblo of the Miraflores Government Palace on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019, in Caracas, Venezuela. Earlier on Wednesday, Venezuelan opposition leader and head of the National Assembly Juan Guaido claimed that he is the rightful interim president, as was officially accepted by presidents of many countries such as the United States, Brazil, Chile, Canada, and Argentina. Protests continue in Caracas; meanwhile, Maduro and President Donald Trump no longer recognize any relations between their two countries.

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President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro gives a speech to his supporters from the Balcón del Pueblo of the Miraflores Government Palace on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019, in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid for Venezuela arrive in Cucuta, Colombia, a city on the Venezuelan border, on February 7th, 2018.

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A demonstrator shouts slogans in front of the Senate building during a protest against the potential approval of an internal security law that would allow the army to act as police, in Mexico City, on December 14th, 2017.

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Students dance in front of riot police as they march to protest against the slowness in the progress of the Chilean education reform in Santiago on April 19th, 2018.

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Protesters demonstrate in support of former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 24th, 2018.

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