2014/03/20/The truth about Venezuela

title/short::The truth about Venezuela Major media outlets have already reported that Venezuela’s poor have not joined the right-wing opposition protests, but that is an understatement: it’s not just the poor who are abstaining – in Caracas, it’s almost everyone outside of a few rich areas like Altamira, where small groups of protesters engage in nightly battles with security forces, throwing rocks and firebombs and running from tear gas.
 * when: when posted::2014/03/20
 * author: author::Mark Weisbrot
 * source: site::The Guardian
 * topics: topic::Venezuela topic::John Kerry
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 * link: URL::http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/20/venezuela-revolt-truth-not-terror-campaign
 * title: title::The truth about Venezuela: a revolt of the well-off, not a 'terror campaign'
 * summary: "John Kerry’s rhetoric is divorced from the reality on the ground, where life goes on – even at the barricades"