Viewfinder: Political and Social Crisis in Venezuela

Pacific Standard Staff
May 3, 2019
A student standing in a tree displays a Venezuelan flag during a rally in support of opposition leader Juan Guaidó on May 2nd, 2019, in Caracas, Venezuela.
A student standing in a tree displays a Venezuelan flag during a rally in support of opposition leader Juan Guaidó and against Nicolás Maduro at Universidad Central de Venezuela on May 2nd, 2019, in Caracas, Venezuela. After two days of violent clashes between pro-Guaidó and pro-Maduro groups including civilian, police, and military forces that resulted in four dead and over 100 wounded, Venezuelans supporting Guaidó are taking to the streets and responding to the call for strikes.

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