Venezuelan leader calling for more protests

Henrique Capriles Radonski

The Governor of Miranda in Venezuela has called for more protests:

March 3, 2014

CARACAS, Venezuela – A leader of the Venezuelan opposition called Monday for citizens to begin organizing committees that could sustain the pressure that continuing street protests have placed on the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro.

Former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles announced the effort via Twitter, directing people to a blog post that laid out plans for the so-called popular defense committees. In an apparent effort to organize and expand the opposition base, he said politics would be set aside, but that could be difficult in a country so polarized. Venezuela faces inflation that reached 56 percent last year, shortages of basic commodities and one of the highest rates of violent crime in the world.

“Leave aside the political agenda and violence which the government wants to draw us into, so that we can concentrate on the social problems that affect all of us,” Capriles’ statement said. The objective is to create a “great social movement” to press for change in the country. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/03/venezuelan-opposition-leader-calls-for-citizens-to-organize-popular-defense/

Notice also the following:

United Nations officials say Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will meet with Venezuela’s foreign minister in Geneva Tuesday to discuss violent street protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro

Foreign Minister Elias Jaua will also speak to the UN Human Rights Council about the student-led protests.

Venezuela’s UN ambassador, Jorge Valero said in a radio interview Saturday that the talks would be an opportunity for Jaua to explain how his government has been advancing the peace process and what measures are being taken to recover from the disturbances.

Protesters are demanding the resignation of President Maduro because of the country’s high crime rate, inflation and shortages of staples such as milk and flour.

The Maduro government, which succeeded that of the late Hugo Chavez, blames the violence on right-wing opponents of his government, accusing them of receiving support from the United States. The U.S. government denies involvement in the unrest. http://www.voanews.com/content/un-chief-venezuelan-fm-to-discuss-violent-protests/1862309.html

Carnaval is going on in Venezuela for the next couple of nights (Tuesday night will be a big night for this). The government has hoped that Carnaval would stop protests, but obviously some still want to protest that government, which is probably why it is intending to meet with the UN tomorrow.

Pope Francis recently told people to pray to his version of Mary for peace in Venezuela. Specifically Francis said to pray to the ‘Lady of Coromoto’ is an apparition that that that allegedly appeared twice to the chief of the local tribe in the area now known as Venezuela, once in 1651 and again on September 8, 1652.

Carnaval could actually increase protests as more people tend to get together and talk than normally happens. Carnaval is clearly not a biblical holiday (see Mardi Gras: The Devil’s Carnival? and/or watch Mardi Gras & Carnaval: Are they for Christians?). Carnaval and Marian interventions are not the answer, the kingdom of God is.

The situation in Venezuela is volatile. And, of course, so is the situation in Ukraine and many other parts of the world. Even though Venezuela is somewhat of a Russian ally, Russia would not likely wish to intervene in support of that government (though it might try to use that as a negotiating chip in the future as it attempts to deal with what the West wants to do it for its interventions in eastern Ukraine, and if the Venezuelan government were to ask for its assistance).

Because of the cultural, ethnic, language, legal, and religious ties between Europe and Latin America, I have long believed that those two regions will likely cooperate more in the future. These ties will be primarily economic, along with the religious and cultural ones, but also may include some type of military cooperation. This is consistent with Ezekiel 27:12-23 and other scriptures.

The calls for protest by Henrique Capriles may help pave the way for closer European cooperation with Venezuela.

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