All eyes on Venezuela today: Opposition takes to the street in support of Maduro recall

Opposition calls for massive and nonviolent protests in the streets

"LET US ALL GO TO THE STREET TO TOGETHER  DEFEND CHANGE"

Despite President Maduro's state of emergency in order to silence and intimidate dissent the opposition is taking to the street at 10:00am today Caracas time and one main gathering point is the Plaza Venezuela.

This at a moment when Maduro is calling the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in Brazil a coup, despite the process there being constitutional, and one that Rousseff's party had backed in removing a previous Brazilian president from power.  He has also recalled the Venezuelan ambassador to Brazil in protest.

At the same time Nicolas Maduro is claiming that there is a global media "hate" campaign against Venezuela. Let us review the real crisis in Venezuela which is caused by the Maduro regime and its Cuban advisers:

Maduro is threatening to dissolve the democratically elected National Assembly because members are rejecting the state of emergency, which would limit political freedoms.

Opposition leaders, including students, continue to be shot in the head in Venezuela, with the most recent documented incident being on May 5, 2016.

Nonviolent opposition leaders, such as Leopoldo Lopez, have been subjected to show trials and arbitrarily detained for years.

There is no independent judiciary in Venezuela. Judges are expected to do the executive branch's bidding and if they follow the rule of law can be imprisoned and raped.

Venezuela is imploding and the Maduro regime and its Cuban handlers are responsible. Shockingly the Secretary of State of the United States now views Cuba as a partner in stabilizing Venezuela despite the fact that it is the Castro regime that is responsible, in large part for the mess there.

All eyes on Venezuela today when the opposition is taking to the streets and the Maduro regime is threatening civil and political liberties there.

Venezuela is imploding

The crisis in Venezuela

Wounded protester surrounded by riot police (Univision/ Getty Images)

 In an earlier post on this blog the case was made that Latin America is now imploding.  No where is this more evident than in Venezuela. There are food riots and grocery stores being ransacked and looted by desperately hungry Venezuelans. Dumpster diving is an all too common occurrence to survive in what was once a wealthy oil producing country. Is this the Socialism of the 21st century promised by Hugo Chavez? Well, it looks a lot like the communist misery of the 20th century complete with political show trials.

Searching for food in the garbage to combat hunger in Venezuela

The democratic opposition following constitutional safeguards is organizing a recall drive to remove President Nicolas Maduro from public office in Venezuela. The opposition has gathered millions of signatures and today called for mass peaceful protests.

Maduro's security forces block path of nonviolent demonstration in Venezuela

 Today, the Maduro regime's response demonstrated its dictatorial sensibilities in blocking peaceful marches, carrying out brutal physical beatings amounting to physical torture and death threats against prominent opposition activists and their families. University students have been arbitrarily detained for calling for Maduro's recall.