Venezuela Rising

Venezuela Rising

Venezuela Rising depicted the country of Venezuela as a country divided. On one side you had the government and on the other side you had its people. According to Juan Requesens “ The government insists that this is a fight between the rich and the poor, between the Chavistas and the opposition, but this is a fight for the people of Venezuela.”(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwQcVx9-bpw) The government constantly fought with its people instead of helping it bringing about violence, inflation, and lack of goods. Violence was spread throughout the country as the National Guard bombarded its people with tear gas, beat them, and even shot some of the protesters. Granted some of the protesters did react violently by throwing rocks or trying to engage in combat with the protester but nonetheless the head of Venezuela Maduro’s biggest rival; Henrique Capriles claimed “Last year, approximately 25,000 Venezuelans were murdered.” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwQcVx9-bpw) The amount of deaths affected the people of Venezuela greatly and led to a case of collective loss which is when mass people experience pain or sorrow from the death of one or the death of many. The people of Venezuela feared death so much that some did not want to go out in the streets out of fear of getting killed. A large number of people wanted to voice their dissatisfaction through protest but were also scared of the backlash that might occur because of it. In short Venezuela was a country in chaos and destined for ruin after their old head of government died and was replaced by Maduro with one woman to go as far as saying “Let all of the world know that we live in a dictatorship under Nicolas Maduro.” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwQcVx9-bpw) But Venezuela is also one of the world’s leading oil producers being oil is the country’s main source of income. But would their production of oil be enough to maintain their economy?