By Jaime Ortega.
The Venezuelan opposition today called on its supporters to participate today in a new march to protest against the shortage of commodities in the country. Mobilization to the ruling party refused permission to travel on the areas in which rules that ” protest can turn violent .”
“Tomorrow national mobilization against one of the serious problems that affect and unite ALL Venezuelans is SHORTAGE ” , said the Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles via his Twitter account . The student leader Juan Requesens also invited to march through the same social network citing that the Venezuelan people take to the streets “again ” and called the protest for 10.00 local time to the site located where the Ministry of Food is.
Also, opposition lawmaker Maria Corina Machado called for Twitter to go out today, Women’s Day, and protest ” against a regime” that kills ” with bullets and hunger.”
The march is organized to develop in the Caracas municipality of Libertador where Chavista mayor, Jorge Rodriguez ruled via Twitter tonight he that refused permission to do that.
“I want to inform through this social medium (twitter) that is not allowed any motion to the right, on Saturday of the liberator Mun,” Rodriguez said in another post, ” We must protect the life and property of the citizens of the municipality, thus we have denied permission for a march that could turn violent . ” In a subsequent letter reiterated : ” The Liberator Mun is a town of peace and free of fascism, and so we will keep .”
Rodriguez repeated the order issued and when the opposition leader Leopoldo López called for a concentration for their supporters to accompany him to surrender serving an arrest warrant against him on 18 February , despite the lack of permission , hundreds of thousands supported it.
Venezuela is undergoing a wave of protests since last February 12 against the government that have been developing in several cities, and in some cases have turned violent , by causing at least 19 deaths, 318 injured and 1,103 detainees, according to official data.
