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February 2018

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Protect Venezuelan democracy

Trafalgar Square, London. Sat 17 Feb 2018



 The protesters set up in front of the National Gallerey with a banner against sanctions and supporting elections

 'Venezuela A New Iraq?' They fear the US is preparing to invade them or give military support to a coup attempt

 Chavez added an eigth star to the Venezuelan flag

 Hugo Chavez began to better the lot of the poor in Venezuela and Maduro's attempts to continue his work

 have been stopped by the fall in oil prices and by EU and US sanctions which have hurt the country's oil trade

 But sanctions and threats of invasion and the US opposition to democratic elections increase Maduro's support

 though the US and Western media have reported the protests largely by the middle classes they have failed

 to properly report huge popular protests in support of Maduro. The papers here concentrate on the problems

 which are largely caused by the sanctions.

 Two women come to shout insults at the protesters

 The flags they are carrying are the new Venezuelan flag introduced by Chavez - and it is upside down on the pole

 

 One of the protesters with a fine voice sings a national song in response to the insults

 

 

 One woman has a hat with the eight stars and left running horse introduced by the socialist Chavez govemment

 she is protesting against as a communist regime which she says is ruining the nation.

 Two fingers...

 A protester tells the woman she knows nothing about his country and the changes Maduro is making

 but she is not listening, just shouting insults

 

 'No Sanctions, Yes Elections' Venezuela is a democratic country insist the protesters

 

 but the insults continue

 

 

 

 As does the singing

 

 

 

 

 And then a speech

 

 

 The protesters laugh at the two women trying to disrupt the protest

which continues despite them

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