2015 protests in Venezuela began in the first days of January primarily due to shortages in the country,[1] with the first massive demonstration occurring on 23 January, on the anniversary of the 1958 coup d'etat against dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez.[2] The series of protests originally began in February 2014 when hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans protested due to high levels of criminal violence, inflation, and chronic scarcity of basic goods because of policies created the Venezuelan government.[3][4][5][6][7] As of January 2015, over 50 people had been arrested for protesting.[8] The protests are listed below according to the month they had happened.
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- ^ Leon, Leonardo (23 January 2015). "Miles de merideños marcharon contra la crisis económica y la represión contra los estudiantes". El Nacional. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Lopez, Linette (11 April 2014). "Why The United States Has Done Nothing About Venezuela". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Protesters in Venezuela Press Government". The Wall Street Journal. 23 February 2014. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Venezuelans protest en masse in rival rallies". Borneo Post. 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Venezuela Inflation Hits 16-Year High as Shortages Rise". Bloomberg. 7 November 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ Ulmer, Alexander (16 January 2015). "Venezuela's 'protest city' on edge as economic crisis worsens". Reuters. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.