Venezuela starts blocking Twitter users as widespread protests continue

Hotair ^ | 02/16/2014 | Erika Johnsen

[SeekAndFind]

Stuff really started hitting the fan in Venezuela this week, as public discontent with the ongoing crises of basic goods shortages, runaway inflation, and high crime rates has finally come to a head and protests have started popping up all over the country.

[Viennacon]

Obama is too concerned with Ugandan deviants than protesters trying to save their country from the tyranny of a feckless dictator.

[painter]

I'm glad the freedom fighters have a leader to look up to.

That's right,Freedom fighters have a leader.

[SpaceBar]

Here’s hoping Maduro ends up dangling from a lamp post.

[GeronL]

the only people fighting are Chavistas, the opposition still hangs on to the stupid hope for democracy to fix things

[RightOnTheBorder]

Does anyone know what the goals of these protesters are? Everything I have heard from/about the anti-Maduro crowd is demands for public monies for various causes. I fear that these “freedom fighters” are just another faction of commies who want to oust the current regime so they can be the ones to get first bite at the corpse that was once Venezuela.

[Sacajaweau]

And we should care why??

[GeronL]

The dictator put out an arrest warrant or something on Leopoldo Lopez, an opposition leader and fmr/future Presidential candidate

[Truth29]

"...the opposition still hangs on to the stupid hope for democracy to fix things"

Sort of like in the US.

[GeronL]

very true

[fungoking]

What do you think.. VZ is 5-10 years ahead of us?

[DUMBGRUNT]

What’s going on in Venezuela in a nutshell (English version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFS6cP9auDc&feature=youtu.be

4 posted on 2/15/2014 3:47:16 PM by sheikdetailfeather

What’s his name put this up.... well worth the time!

[painter]

It's too late for that. Too bad there isn't away to smuggle some weapons to the opposition.

Reagan would have.

[dasboot]

Ah...but our prez watches and learns. He’s been following Hugo’s playbook for years.

[Political Junkie Too]

Oil.

Citgo is Venezuela's gasoline and heating oil distributor in the United States.

-PJ

[painter]

Those who can,post this on face book.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Perversion ahead of freedom.

[dasboot]

Heyak’s continuum. Real-time. Great illustration.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

The problem is, these protestors don't realize what they're protesting against.

They're protesting against an individual, a figurehead of government, and not of the inevitable failure of the government's ideology (Marxism).

And the media is never going to report this.