International scrutiny of Venezuela grows EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ | Associated Press | Associated Press - Fri Mar 7 14:30:00 UTC 2014 Venezuela is coming under increasing international scrutiny amid violence that most recently killed a National Guardsman and a civilian in a clash at a protest barricade. United Nations human rights experts demanded answers Thursday from Venezuelas government about the use of violence and imprisonment in a crackdown on widespread demonstrations. bing/r/1E/c5v1t?a=1&m=en-us United Nations human rights officials are investigating opposition claims of the wide-spread use of violence and blatantly abusive practices against them by armed civilian paramilitary forces suspected of being on the Venezuelan governments payroll. The government has recently started a policy of economic retaliation against those neighboring states voicing their displeasure in the way Maduros forces are handling the crisis as evidenced by the formal cessation of debt repayments to Panama and other punitive measures related in the article. ;-)
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 23:43:58 +0000
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