Posted on 09/03/2016 2:36:44 PM PDT by Mariner
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolás Maduro was chased at a routine political event by a crowd of angry protesters banging on pots and yelling that they were hungry, just days after thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets to call for his ouster, local news media reported on Saturday.
Scenes from the confrontation late Friday, which also appeared in videos uploaded to social media, captured the attention of Venezuelans, many of whom blame the unpopular president for the country’s food shortages.
In one video, Mr. Maduro tries to calm the pot-bangers by walking among them, only to be surrounded as the furious crowd yells obscenities.
“What is this?” an astounded voice behind the camera asks in one of the video clips.
Mr. Maduro had traveled from the capital, Caracas, to Margarita Island off Venezuela’s northern coast to inaugurate a number of new public housing units and give a televised address.
During the speech, he denounced his opponents’ calls for his removal from office, calling them “vampires” and saying they were preparing for violence.
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Obama dare not mingle in such a public situation. He dare not appear in public at all....... he fears for his life
That is what is going to happen here if Trump doesn’t win this election...
Are you hearing Butcher of Benghazi, Barky and the rest of the never trumpers and RINOs???
You are all on our lists!!!
They should have grabbed him while they could.
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Yeah, it’s a shame they missed their chance. He will surely be much more careful now.
Civilization is a very thin veneer..., we have been blessed that we have enjoyed far longer periods of such existence than other areas of the world!
Maybe he should fire into the crowd and give them leave to eat their dead. That worked great for Prince Joffrey.
Hunker in the Bunker
It’s just weird watching a leftist country spiral into total disintegration with near-starving people but they still have internet, upload videos to social media so they still have working cell phones, and they still have television. I’d think food would take precedence over electronic communications. I’d think a near-dictator would have clamped down on them by now, too.
Looks like he’s one of the only people over there who is well-fed. They may eat him.
Too bad they didn’t do a “Mussolini” on his sorry carcass.
Proves that even with no healthcare,starvation,no food ,no electricity and waiting in lines for hours,the well off seem to have it all.Maduro has a gut..Wonder how you get a gut when there is no food in Venezuela???Like one poster said,some are more equal than others.I hope the Venezuelan people see that.
Could Venezuela’s Ceausescu moment be near? Senor Maduro better get right with God, and soon.
They may not have guns but surely they could fashion bows and arrows or something to end this beast.
Either that, or get right to Cuba.
or unsanctioned weapons..lol
and the country will wake up semi free again, but in such debt, robbed of all wealth by the commie bosses, to help the people don’t you know..
awww hell, these guys gold tip their toilet paper and hire folks for dirt to recover it from the septic..their idea of a good social structure
The country is imploding because of socialism and they celebrate opening new public housing complexes.
There's a long way to go before they learn anything here. The common folk are protesting because they think a better socialist will put food in their mouths.
Oil booms allow to hide the decay in commie petrostates, but the crash is that much faster when the oil boom ends and the money is suddenly gone.
Or even a decent machete.
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