Politics
Army, police pull off uniform, join protesters
Army personnel and police officers in Venezuela have turned down instructions of their political leaders to suppress protesters; they rather pull off their uniform and joined protesters in Venezuela.
Apparently, in a display of solidarity, “Venezuelan police officers and military personnel publicly removed their uniforms, refusing to carry out government orders to suppress protesters, and instead stood in unity with the people, echoing the growing chorus of resistance against the bad regime.”
Thousands of protesters took to the streets on central Caracas, several citizens walking for miles from slums on the mountains surrounding the city, towards the presidential palace, opposing the electoral victory claimed by President Nicolás Maduro in the general elections.
The opposition claimed that “it was clear that its candidate, Edmundo González, had won convincingly,” after reviewing the votes.
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