Venezuelan Protests Continue to get Worse.

The Venezuelan protests continue to escalate, and yet it seems as if the rest of the world has decided to turn its back on the country's chaotic situation. The American government has now focused its attention on Russia’s intervention in Ukraine while Latin American countries remain silent.

Venezuela is left alone to deal with its own issues—giving President Nicolas Maduro great scope to continue oppressing free speech, limiting media coverage and allowing force, torture, and arrests to work their powers of intimidation on demonstrators.  

In reality no country is obligated to intervene in Venezuela, nor is the mass media required to report the ongoing issues; but without media coverage and support or intervention of a neighboring country, the tension between demonstrators and the Venezuelan government will only be exacerbated.

Media coverage worldwide has been at a minimum in regards to the way protests are being handled; this is in part due to the media blackouts ordered by President Maduro. However there is still enough information released by Venezuelans through social media like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram that can be covered, but are not. Very few news sources are writing about the Venezuelan protests—and those who do, are not making it into the headlines. 

"Brasil, Talk" (Instagram Photo)

"Bolivia, Listen" (Instagram Photo)

"Argentina, Observe" (Instagram Photo)

CNN, The LA Times, and The New York Times are some of the few that are making an effort to keep the world updated with the Venezuelan protests. They are the agenda setters to what people see and read, which means that the more coverage they provide, the more importance that will be given to the anti-government rallies and student protests. 

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U.N. Human Rights Watch, appears to be leading the battle to address the human rights in Venezuela. According to the Associated Press, the U.N. has called “for the Venezuelan government to respect peaceful assemblies” and has lead the U.N. Chief to Meet Venezuelan’s Foreign Minister.

This is definitely a great opportunity for the rest of the world to start expressing concern about the country’s situation—that is if Venezuela’s foreign minister, Elias Jaua, doesn’t just give the government’s side of the story. 

The future of Venezuela depends on how the rest of the world will allow President Maduro’s regime to put an end to the protests and mend the country’s broken system. 

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