{"id":56653,"date":"2024-07-30T03:39:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T01:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=56653"},"modified":"2025-07-30T00:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T22:15:03","slug":"revolt-against-dictatorship-in-venezuela-several-statues-of-hugo-chavez-torn-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/07\/30\/revolt-against-dictatorship-in-venezuela-several-statues-of-hugo-chavez-torn-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolt against dictatorship in Venezuela: several statues of Hugo Ch\u00e1vez torn down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The socialist dictatorship of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has decided to resort to violence to hold on to power after its latest electoral fraud.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/07\/29\/the-spanish-left-and-its-support-for-maduro-it-wants-the-same-thing-in-spain-as-in-venezuela\/\">The Spanish left and its support for Maduro: it wants the same thing in Spain as in Venezuela<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/07\/29\/what-we-democrats-do-in-the-world-and-what-communists-like-yolanda-diaz-do\/\">What we democrats do in the world and what communists like Yolanda D\u00edaz do<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>A few hours ago, <strong>paramilitaries in the service of the dictatorship fired on protesters demanding freedom in Caracas<\/strong>, using handguns. The number of victims is unknown at the moment. You can see the video of the shooting here, shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuiteroMartin\/status\/1818034826051731935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TuiteroMartin<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Los esbirros de Maduro disparando por las calles. Miraflores. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q67SsfaipA\">https:\/\/t.co\/q67SsfaipA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cKeIfsng6v\">pic.twitter.com\/cKeIfsng6v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Martin Tuitero (@TuiteroMartin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuiteroMartin\/status\/1818034826051731935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>This violent repression has only served to further enrage millions of Venezuelans,<\/strong> who have organised demonstrations in dozens of cities across the country. In Venezuela, <strong>events have begun to be seen that are reminiscent of the fall of communism in Eastern Europe: the toppling of statues of dictators<\/strong>. Here in Europe, statues of Lenin, the mass murderer and first communist dictator, have been toppled, while <strong>in Venezuela, statues of Hugo Chavez, the founder of this socialist dictatorship, are being toppled.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The first statue of Chavez was torn down in the city of Coro<\/strong>, in the state of Falc\u00f3n, on the northwest coast of Venezuela. Here we can see the video of the toppling, shared by the Venezuelan writer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaRincon\/status\/1818010109764846060\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emmanuel Rinc\u00f3n<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 \u00daLTIMA HORA: Derrumban estatua del fallecido dictador Hugo Ch\u00e1vez en el estado Falc\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Qu\u00e9 viva Venezuela libre! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hw7FtMLKtY\">pic.twitter.com\/Hw7FtMLKtY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Emmanuel Rinc\u00f3n (@EmmaRincon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaRincon\/status\/1818010109764846060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>The second statue of Chavez has been torn down in the city of Calabozo<\/strong>, in the state of Gu\u00e1rico, in the center of the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FedericoBlackB\/status\/1818053517497745653\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FedericoBlackB<\/a> has shared the video of the toppling on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Tumban una estatua de Hugo Ch\u00e1vez en Calabozo, Edo. Guarico <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0uSRcK8tMM\">pic.twitter.com\/0uSRcK8tMM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Federico A. Black B. (@FedericoBlackB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FedericoBlackB\/status\/1818053517497745653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>The third statue has been toppled in La Guaira,<\/strong> in the state of the same name, 30 km north of Caracas. The statue was on Carlos Soublette Avenue. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EfectoCocuyo\/status\/1818072797123612841\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Efecto Cocuyo<\/a> has published this video of the toppling:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EnVideo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EnVideo<\/a> 7:50 pm | Derriban estatua de Hugo Ch\u00e1vez en la avenida Carlos Soublette, en la parroquia La Guaira. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/29Jul?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#29Jul<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cAiTVQnmEt\">pic.twitter.com\/cAiTVQnmEt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Efecto Cocuyo (@EfectoCocuyo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfectoCocuyo\/status\/1818072797123612841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here we can see <strong>the fourth statue toppled, in the city of Mariara, in the state of Carabobo<\/strong>, on the north coast. Here we can see the video of the toppling broadcast by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VoluntadPopular\/status\/1818075755382968775\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Voluntad Popular<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"eu\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udccdMariara <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4SWP3ELWMY\">pic.twitter.com\/4SWP3ELWMY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Voluntad Popular (@VoluntadPopular) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoluntadPopular\/status\/1818075755382968775?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following the toppling of the Chavez statue in Mariara, <strong>motorcyclists dragged the statue's head through the city<\/strong>, as seen in this video shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rous1113\/status\/1818077266489852122\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Rous1113<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">2 parte es la mejor <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6tOqGIxRSt\">pic.twitter.com\/6tOqGIxRSt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ros\u2728 (@Rous1113) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rous1113\/status\/1818077266489852122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, <strong>protesters calling for freedom have begun to pursue Chavista motorcycle gangs<\/strong>, as we can see in this video posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GeorgeArtwell\/status\/1818059867459834277\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rodrigo Figueredo<\/a> and recorded in Caracas near the Humboldt Hotel:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">No hay fuerza represora que logre detener a un Bravo Pueblo desbordado con sed de Libertad! VEAN esto sucedi\u00f3 cerca dl hotel Humboldt en Caracas, esbirros trataron de reprimir cn sangre y les cay\u00f3 el mundo encima! No hay vuelta atr\u00e1s \u00a1Viva Venezuela Libre! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qR9QZfF6aH\">pic.twitter.com\/qR9QZfF6aH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rodrigo Figueredo\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@GeorgeArtwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeArtwell\/status\/1818059867459834277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>+ UPDATED 3:48h: <strong>Fifth statue of Hugo Chavez torn down, this time in Las Tejer\u00edas<\/strong>, Aragua state. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaRincon\/status\/1818096282755342801\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emmanuel Rinc\u00f3n<\/a> has just published the video:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Quinta estatua de Hugo Ch\u00e1vez derrumbada, ahora en Las Tejer\u00edas estado Aragua.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Muerte a la tiran\u00eda, viva la libertad!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/su0ZwTEMzM\">pic.twitter.com\/su0ZwTEMzM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Emmanuel Rinc\u00f3n (@EmmaRincon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaRincon\/status\/1818096282755342801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>+ UPDATED 3:58h: <strong>Sixth statue of Hugo Ch\u00e1vez torn down, this time in the El Chorrito Urbanization<\/strong>, in Los Teques, Miranda state (via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/winddxncer\/status\/1818099117869912155\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@winddxncer<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Otra estatua de Ch\u00e1vez derrumbada en el Urbanismo el Chorrito de Los Teques <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FFr89GKf5a\">pic.twitter.com\/FFr89GKf5a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udf49 nathaly \u2470 \ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddea (@winddxncer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/winddxncer\/status\/1818099117869912155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanielHabif\/status\/1818057873815212156\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@DanielHabif<\/a>. The moments before the toppling of the statue of Hugo Ch\u00e1vez in Coro, in the state of Falc\u00f3n.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The socialist dictatorship of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has decided to resort to violence to hold on to power after its latest electoral fraud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,11471],"tags":[22357,17159,22356,160,17158,22359,22360,22358,6548,10796,159],"class_list":["post-56653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-hispanicity","tag-calabozo-venezuela","tag-caracas","tag-coro-venezuela","tag-hugo-chavez","tag-la-guaira","tag-las-tejerias","tag-los-teques","tag-mariara","tag-nicolas-maduro","tag-socialism","tag-venezuela"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-11 21:12:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}