2014 Venezuelan protests

2014 Venezuelan protests
Part of Protests against Nicolás Maduro
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Opposition march in Caracas on 12 February, National Guardsmen responding with tear gas, demonstators covering from tear gas at the Central University of Venezuela.
Date12 February 2014 – 8 May 2014
Location
Venezuela
Resulted in
Parties

Venezuelan opposition
(VP, PF, UNT, AD, COPEI and others)

Resistencia

Anti-government protesters

  • Anti-government students

Government of Venezuela

Great Patriotic Pole
(PSUV, PCV, MEP, MRT and others)

Pro-government paramilitaries (Colectivos)

Pro-government demonstrators

  • Pro-government students
Lead figures
Number

Hundreds of thousands[1][2][3]

  • Tens of thousands of student protesters[4][5]
Hundreds of thousands of pro-government demonstrators[6]
Casualties
Death(s)43[7][8]
Injuries5,285[9][10]
Arrested3,689

In 2014, a series of protests, political demonstrations, and civil insurrection began in Venezuela due to the country's high levels of urban violence, inflation, and chronic shortages of basic goods[11][12] attributed to economic policies such as strict price controls.[13][14] Mass protesting began in earnest in February following the attempted rape of a student on a university campus in San Cristóbal. Subsequent arrests and killings of student protesters spurred their expansion to neighboring cities and the involvement of opposition leaders.[15][16] The year's early months were characterized by large demonstrations and violent clashes between protesters and government forces that resulted in nearly 4,000 arrests and 43 deaths,[7][8] including both supporters and opponents of the government.[17]

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  3. ^ "Venezuelans protest en masse in rival rallies". Borneo Post. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Venezuela: Tens of thousands march in anti-government protests". The Los Angeles Times. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
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  6. ^ "Vargas Llosa to visit Venezuela to back anti-Maduro groups". News. BBC. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  7. ^ a b Faria, Javier. "Venezuelan teen dies after being shot at anti-Maduro protest". Reuters. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  8. ^ a b Usborne, David. "Dissent in Venezuela: Maduro regime looks on borrowed time as rising public anger meets political repression". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Conflictividad social en Venezuela en marzo de 2014" [Social conflict in Venezuela in March 2014] (in Spanish). Observatorio Venezolano de Conflictividad Social. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Venezuela: Paramilitares atacaron 1 de cada 3 protestas". Tribuna (Puerto Rico). 9 April 2014. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  11. ^ "Venezuela's Maduro says 2013 annual inflation was 56.2 pct". Reuters. 30 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Venezuela Inflation Hits 16-Year High as Shortages Rise". Bloomberg. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  13. ^ "Inflation rate (consumer prices)". CIA World Factbook. Archived from the original on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  14. ^ "Venezuela's economy: Medieval policies". The Economist. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference AttemptedRape was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ "San Cristobal: The birthplace of Venezuela's protests". BBC News. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  17. ^ "A total of 42 people, both supporters and opponents of the government, have died in the protest-related violence which followed." "Venezuela: Leopoldo Lopez must stand trial, judge rules" by BBC News.