2017 Venezuelan protests

2017 Venezuelan protests
Part of Protests against Nicolás Maduro
Top to bottom, left to right:
Julio Borges speaking on 1 April following the 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis. Millions gather during the Mother of All Marches on Francisco Fajardo Freeway. Paola Ramírez, a demonstrator killed by colectivos on 19 April. Protestors facing National Guard armored vehicles
Date31 March 2017—12 August 2017 (134 days)
December 2017 (sporadic)
Location
 Venezuela
Resulted in
Parties

Venezuela Opposition

National Assembly (majority)

Democratic Unity Roundtable
(VP, PF, UNT, AD, COPEI etc.)

Movimiento Estudiantil
(Student opposition organization)

Opposition protesters

  • Opposition students
Resistencia[1]
(Protest defense groups)
Lead figures
Number

Mother of All Marches
6 million (Nationally)[2][3]

Hundreds of thousands (Daily)[6]
Thousands[7]
Casualties
Death(s)165[8][9][10][11]
Injuries15,000+[12]
Arrested4,848[13]

The 2017 Venezuelan protests were a series of protests occurring throughout Venezuela. Protests began in January 2017 after the arrest of multiple opposition leaders and the cancellation of dialogue between the opposition and Nicolás Maduro's government.

As the tension continued, the 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis began in late March when the pro-government Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) dissolved the opposition-led National Assembly, with the intensity of protests increasing greatly throughout Venezuela following the decision.[14][15][16] As April arrived, the protests grew "into the most combative since a wave of unrest in 2014" resulting from the crisis[17] with hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans protesting daily through the month and into May.[18] After failing to prevent the July Constituent Assembly election, the opposition and protests largely lost momentum.

  1. ^ Weddle, Cody; Wyss, Jim (11 July 2017). "Slingshots vs. shotguns: Venezuela's 'youth resistance' takes on the government". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  2. ^ LUGO-GALICIA, HERNÁN; NUÑEZA, AYATOLA (20 April 2017). "El país grito: "Maduro, no te queremos"". El Nacional (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b Rojas, Nestor (20 April 2017). "Students killed as Venezuela protests turn violent". Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
  4. ^ "El corresponsal de SEMANA en Caracas relata cómo la madre de todas las marchas que convocó la oposición venezolana, terminó como se esperaba con represión con violencia. Análisis del duro panorama en el vecino país". Semana. 20 April 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Noticias de América – Día de violencia en las marchas a favor y en contra de Maduro". Radio France Internationale (in European Spanish). 20 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  6. ^ López, Virginia (9 May 2017). "Does toppling of Chávez statue mean Venezuela has reached a breaking point?". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  7. ^ Casey, Nicholas; Patricia Torres (19 April 2017). "At Least 3 Die in Venezuela Protests Against Nicolás Maduro". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Venezuela: 6.729 protestas y 163 fallecidos desde el 1 de abril de 2017 | Observatorio Venezolano de Conflictividad Social". Observatorio Venezolano de Conflictividad Social (in European Spanish). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  9. ^ "FOTOS, INFOGRAFÍA Y MAPA | 67 muertos en protestas en Venezuela hasta el #23May". Runrunes. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Venezuela soldier held over queue killing". BBC News. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Muere joven que había sido herido en las protestas de 2017 en Ejido – RunRun.es". Runrunes. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  12. ^ "15.000 heridos durante 74 días de protestas en contra de Nicolás Maduro". El Nacional (in Spanish). 13 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Foro Penal: Van 4848 arrestos durante la represión de las protestas". La Patilla (in European Spanish). 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Venezuela accused of 'self-coup' after Supreme Court shuts down National Assembly". Buenos Aires Herald. 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  15. ^ "Venezuela's Descent Into Dictatorship". The New York Times. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  16. ^ "Venezuela clashes 'self-inflicted coup': OAS". Sky News Australia. 1 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  17. ^ Goodman, Joshua (9 April 2017). "Venezuela's Maduro blasts foe for chemical attack comments". ABC News. Associated Press. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  18. ^ Dreier, Hannah (4 May 2017). "AP Explains: Venezuela's 'anti-capitalist' constitution". Yahoo News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2017.