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SPEAK UP FOR VENEZUELA VENEZUELA IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS IN WHICH ITS CITIZENS HAVE COME OUT TO EXPRESS THEIR DISCONTENT TOWARDS A SERIES OF OVERWHELMING PROBLEMS.

Speak up for Venezuela: a cry for help to citizens of the world

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SPEAK UP FOR

VENEZUELA

VENEZUELA IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A

CRISIS IN WHICH ITS CITIZENS HAVE

COME OUT TO EXPRESS THEIR

DISCONTENT TOWARDS A SERIES OF

OVERWHELMING PROBLEMS.

The facts

THE FACTS

Why are people protesting Venezuela?

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• Students started a wave of protests and rallies where they publicly rejected life-threatening crime in their schools and streets of their cities

• Some of the first protesters were arrested, leading to a national protest against political persecution and repression on behalf of government authorities

• The protest caught on rapidly due to general discontent from an alarming shortage of food and products, criminality and one of the highest inflation rates in the world

THE FACTS

Human rights violations, including abuse of power,

aggression and torture of civilians on behalf of the National

Guard, National Police and other law enforcement agencies

THE FACTS

Heavy media censorship:

• Removal of NTN24 TV station from all cable companies

• License removal, robbery and airport harassment to CNN

staff

• Blocking of Zello App

• General internet blockage in Táchira State

Even though citizens throughout the world have responded and

joined the cause, few world leaders have expressed their point

of view and some have even shown support to the government’s

actions, based on their economic and ideological interests.

This concern has to be taken to another level. The occurring

events in Venezuela need to be heard by every country in the

world and the government has to know that decent, peaceful and

democratic people condemn the occurring crimes.

How can we help?

HOW CAN WE HELP?

If you are a foreigner and wish to help our

cause:

1. Share this information with other citizens from your country

2. Organize a formal petition to the authorities of your

country, demanding a public statement from your leaders in

which they express their view on the occurring events in

Venezuela

HOW CAN WE HELP?

If you are a Venezuelan living in a foreign country:

1. Share this information with the citizens of the country you are

currently living in

2. Share this information with Venezuelans living in the same

country as you and invite them to make an effort to share and act

3. Organize a formal petition to the authorities of your country,

demanding a public statement from your leaders in which they

express their view on the occurring events in Venezuela

4. If you cannot find this message in the local language, translate it

and share it