The Government continues to say that everything is “normal” and the general strike was only succesful in 20%. The pictures above are from Avenida Francisco de Miranda , one of the main avenues of Caracas at midday. Typically, it would be bumper to bumper. There were a few incidents, but except for the use of tear gas to stop a demonstration by oil workers, nothing too violent. The strike will continue tomorrow. The Minisiter of Labor said the Government will not return to the negotiation table as long as the strike is on, so this may be a test of wills in the end.
Perhaps one of the stupidest things the Government did was to organize a “Megamarket” on a Monday morning in one of the main avenues of Caracas, Avenida Bolivar, to concentrate people there as a way of showing the failure of the strike. The question was how could they close down that avenue on a Monday, and why weren’t the people there working, if everything was so “normal”.
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