Venezuela's Maduro Plans Carnival, 'Conference Of Peace' to Distract From Protests
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has to contend with numerous protests against his regime a day, a miserable and oppressed populace and nightly videos of his national guard assaulting protesters uploaded to social media. He's hoping a carnival will make up for it.
February 27th is a national holiday in Chavista Venezuela, the anniversary of the "Caracazo," a far-left violent uprising against (classically, not American) liberal government in 1989. According to Spanish newspaper ABC, Maduro plans to begin festivities early to distract from the many protests scheduled for the upcoming week, giving Venezuelans the 27th and 28th of February as holidays off in order to provide a six-day weekend (Monday and Tuesday are also national holidays).
Maduro insisted that the opposition "fascists" were out to ruin the holiday "for our children" in a speech this week, in which he claimed the opposition wanted the holidays to be canceled because many mayors have said they are mourning the dead protesters and not participating in celebrations. "The fight here is happiness versus bitterness, hate versus love, violence versus peace, carnival versus fascism," he told the audience. "The carnival is happening all the way!" He also provided a salsa dancing demonstration.Also read:
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