Viewfinder: Opposition Protests in Venezuela

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Updated:: Jan 9, 2018
Original:: Apr 5, 2017

An activist clashes with riot police during a protest against Nicolás Maduro’s government in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 4th, 2017. (Photo: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images)

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"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.

"No to the Maduro circus. The candidate Maduro promises to solve the problems that the President Maduro could not."

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Students dance during a protest against education reform in Santiago on May 9th, 2017.

Students dance during a protest against education reform in Santiago on May 9th, 2017.

Activists smoke joints during a protest under the motto "No vamos a pagar, lo vamos a pegar" (translating to something like "We are not going to pay for it, we are going to get the kick out of it") against the imposing of fines for smoking marijuana by police according to their new code, in Bogota, on August 1st, 2017.

Activists smoke joints during a protest against the imposing of fines for smoking marijuana by police according to their new code, in Bogota, on August 1st, 2017.