As I said today, students are getting more organized. Nowhere is this more the case than in Tachira State, where this protests begun. For those that say that this is a middle class protest, look at San Cristobal, the capital of Tachira, a state that suffers from the fact that 30-40% of the food in Venezuela is being smuggled to Colombia to be sold. If you think things are scarce in Caracas, try going to a supermarket there.
San Cristobal has suffered the brunt of the repression. Last night they had no lights, no internet and no water. Despite this, the people have kept up the fight. Reportedly 70% of the city is in the hands of the protesters. Tonight, I have heard little from San Cristibal, maybe the blackout is complete. I just don’t know.
What I do know is that the gochos, as people from the Andes are called, are tough people. They have been at this fight longer than anyone, so they have learned. Here are examples of some of the barricades and some of the tactics that these Venezuelans are using:
A simple barricade, bring lots of junk to block tanks from going by 
How about some big rocks to block the way. This pebble seems to do the job
The Government never built the water system , but they did leave the concrete pipes, let’s use them!
Why don’t we move this small tree onto the street?
Ours is bigger than yours!!!
How about this home made anti-pellet vest?
Wait for it, wait for it, now!
(Thanks to all the people that sent pictures, many were repeated, you know who you are)
The Devil's Excrement 
December 8, 2014 at 3:36 am
There is mesothelioma surgery that is considered to
be potentially curative. The belt reduces food intake by cinching the stomach to evoke the feeling of being full.
You need to take into consideration lots of factors before going for plastic surgery.
February 27, 2014 at 2:36 am
Top news indeed, now we need leadership teams, consultants and publishers to get the message too.
February 25, 2014 at 11:48 pm
[…] on our street doesn’t seem to fit the bill. Compared to other barricades around town and certainly in other parts of the country, the ones on our street seem kinda cute. It’s a place for the passionate neighbors to meet […]
February 24, 2014 at 1:54 am
I’ve an incredibly excellent uncanny feeling I discovered just what I needed
February 22, 2014 at 3:57 pm
“Si un día, por estas circunstancia de violencia fascista e imperialista, amanecieran ustedes
y Nicolás Maduro no está como Presidente,
los autorizo a que si yo no estoy, porque el fascismo me desapareció,
se lancen a las calles
a rescatar la patria, cada milímetro de ella. ¡Que la patria no se pierda núnca; que la patria no se pierda jamás!”.
Estas declaraciones las ofreció durante el recibimiento del Movimiento de Mujeres por la Vida y por la Paz en el Palacio de Miraflores,
Après moi, le déluge.
February 22, 2014 at 4:06 pm
en amaneciendo,
..dos o tres pajaritos de tierra cantando, …
… pregonando de su salida
…. con las tablas sobre su cabeza …
February 22, 2014 at 6:26 pm
EN ESTOS MOMENTOS:
Guardia Nacional arremete con furia
contra manifestantes en la Plaza Altamira …
Candles in the wind.
February 22, 2014 at 3:35 pm
an aging mother, released from jail.
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/272274/timoshenko_posle_osvobojdeniya_my_ne_imeem_prava_zabyt_o_prolitoyi_za_svobodu_ukrainy_krovi_video
February 22, 2014 at 2:40 pm
The man is certifiably nuts, correct?
He kicks out three lower-level U.S. Embassy secretaries, and three days later, requests a high level diplomatic meeting?
Kerry shouldn’t just ignore such insane diplomacy actions, he should be attacking Maduro on it.
February 22, 2014 at 2:21 pm
Geraldine Moreno, 23, student, just passed away today at noon in Valencia.
She was shot twice in her face, at close range with a pellet gun by the GNB.
February 22, 2014 at 9:46 am
We must hope the regime does not go Stalinist (that is what Castro is-a Stalinist-Leninist butcher) and try to duplicate the Ukrainian famine by sealing off cities to starve them out. The opposition must develop a strategy for re-supply.
February 22, 2014 at 10:16 am
The Cubans are like roaches. You can’t see them but they’re everywhere. Behind the walls, under the sink, in the garbage.
February 22, 2014 at 7:34 am
http://yoyopress.com/2014/02/20/en-video-el-tras-camaras-lo-que-usted-no-vio-del-debatecnn/
CNN behind the scenes: Patricia Janiot student debate outtake
February 22, 2014 at 12:09 am
February 22, 2014 at 2:09 pm
Gloria al bravo pueblo
que el yugo lanzó,
la Ley respetando
la virtud y honor.
…
Gritemos con brío
¡Muera la opresión!
Compatriotas fieles,
la fuerza es la unión;
y desde el empíreo,
el Supremo Autor
un sublime aliento
al pueblo infundió.
February 22, 2014 at 12:08 am
February 22, 2014 at 12:07 am
Home Videos uploaded past hour
February 21, 2014 at 9:42 pm
A molotov bomb hits a squad of National Guard.
February 22, 2014 at 12:58 pm
Interesting trivia: styrofoam dissolves in gasoline.
February 22, 2014 at 2:35 pm
Playing around with a little chemistry at home?
Be careful, will you!?
February 21, 2014 at 7:23 pm
How about these ?
http://t.co/SNUcnKtHB6
February 21, 2014 at 6:27 pm
And Chavas’ kids are still living in the Presidental mansion
https://www.vocativ.com/02-2014/venezuelan-princess/
February 21, 2014 at 3:56 pm
For those who haven’t seen it;
“Vos sos Gringos”
February 21, 2014 at 6:07 pm
In deference to Mr. Maduro, he did recognize that it was a bus.
February 21, 2014 at 9:49 pm
It took my wife 20 minutes to explain the nuances of that to me, and I still barely understand.
February 21, 2014 at 2:30 pm
I can’t remember the name of the music awards show held last night in Miami, on Univision.
My wife had been watching it, she told me about it as I drove her to work at 10pm, and I turned it on when I got home a few minutes later. (It ran until 11pm.)
The music and production were unbelievable, and there were a lot of “shout-outs” from the winners, asking for peace, and ambiguous support for the demonstrators.
Why the fuck did no one, NO ONE, mention Maduro’s name, and call him to task?
It was disgusting in that respect.
February 21, 2014 at 10:31 pm
I stand corrected:
I just watched most of it online, and there was tons of support for the people of VZ.
February 21, 2014 at 12:27 pm
[…] Students are getting more organized. While Protests Continue, Government Creates Third fx Market, effectively devaluing the currency again, and clamps down: Shock Troops Target Protesters […]
February 21, 2014 at 12:27 pm
The governor united the protesters once again.
José Gregorio Vielma Mora (1964) político y
militar, que se desempeñó como
Superintendente (SENIAT, 2000-2008),
gobernador electo de Táchira 2013 – 2017.
February 21, 2014 at 1:22 pm
OT
canción: “Lo que quepa en la bolsa”
February 21, 2014 at 11:43 am
It is great to see this camaraderie that has developed amongst the protesters.
This will be hard for the Chavista Regime to break.
February 21, 2014 at 11:20 am
Great post, thanks!
Los gochos son grandes!
February 21, 2014 at 11:07 am
SNTP @sntpvenezuela 2 h
9:55 am, Por confirmar: El MINCI le habría quitado las credenciales a la corresponsal fija de @CNNE en Venezuela, @OsmaryCNN.
SNTP @sntpvenezuela
9:56 pm, Confirmada la salida intempestiva de @PatriciaJaniot de Venezuela, luego de las presiones y amenazas de Maduro contra @CNNE
9:58 AM – 21 feb 2014
SNTP @sntpvenezuela
Hoy viajaba a Venezuela un equipo de CNN Internacional para hacer transmisiones en inglés; pero frente a amenazas de Maduro, fue cancelado.
10:01 AM – 21 feb 2014
SNTP @sntpvenezuela
Equipo de @CNNE en Caracas no saldrá a la calle hoy, tras amenazas de Maduro. Esperan instrucciones desde Atlanta.
10:06 AM – 21 feb 2014
February 21, 2014 at 10:59 am
Dear Miguel:
Let me suggest you to disable the ‘geolocalization’ feature on your smartphone in case you have it enabled, as a precautionary measure (specially when using twitter).
You may be interested in reading the following article about twits sources in Venezuela, right up to the end:
http://www.joserodriguez.info/bloc/el-conflicto-venezolano-geolocalizado-en-twitter-los-antichavistas-utilizan-gps-los-de-maduro-no/
Take care,
Dago
February 21, 2014 at 11:02 am
Thank You Dago. I dont tweet via my phone and use a VPN in my computer, so I should be fine.
February 21, 2014 at 10:45 am
The Chavista Revolution is no more.
It is time for the Chavistas to stop using the word “revolution”. The revolution is now by the people against the Chavistas.
Maduro still cries out that he wants to finish Chavez socialist revolution. After 15 years and Venezuela going to hell, only thieves benefiting from the corruption still believe the fantasy land Chavez promised.
February 21, 2014 at 9:22 am
I wish they can take lost of pictures and videos, put it on a jump drive and send somebody in a motorbike to Cucuta to upload them
February 21, 2014 at 9:10 am
You are missing this one…
It is not mine y just downloaded it from tweeter this morning.
Sent from my iPhone
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February 21, 2014 at 2:37 am
Does that video show an IED being used against cops? That seems like an inefficient way of bringing them over to support change.
February 21, 2014 at 3:39 am
Obviously a moltov cocktail. You can see it being thrown from the bottom right. Probably not winning over the cops, but I think they’ve determined they’re beyond that point now.
February 21, 2014 at 4:56 am
ok thanks, i couldn’t make it out. either way, a great way to boost intransigence, and an ineffective way to promote political change.
February 21, 2014 at 8:56 am
My extended family here has a number of police officer members…..what they’re most fed up with is the rampant assaults against police officers by armed thugs who don’t think twice about murdering them for their firearms. Violent crime has spiraled out of control since the Chavistas took power as the justice system has almost totally broken down. The police officers will do what they’re told, but only to a point. This thing might be at a tipping point.
February 23, 2014 at 10:47 pm
Totally. And every time a cop is hurt by a protester, that makes it harder for the rest of them to go over to the protesters’ side. Violence is no way to win friends.
February 21, 2014 at 9:57 am
Setty it is pretty much difficult to remain calm when those that are supposed to bring back order and protect you are the ones that come to you house door and destroy your property. They also disrespect he sanctity of your home entering to your building and shooting at it.
February 23, 2014 at 10:46 pm
You need to read some MLK. Seriously. Blacks in the southern US in 1962 faced much worse than what oppos face in Venezuela today. And yet he put together a mass nonviolent movement. Yes, it’s difficult! It also works. Sometimes difficult is worth the trouble.
February 21, 2014 at 9:24 am
Sapitosetty- So, do you think that the police, GN, Cuban intelligence et al will be more likely to support a change of government (that would likely result in them losing their jobs and license to extort bribes and steal) if they were assured that there was no threat of harm to their own selves because the protestors were 100% committed to non-violence? If they were assured they could use whatever violence they liked with no risk of payback?
I think a quote from Solzhenitzen is in order:
“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?… The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin’s thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt!”
February 21, 2014 at 10:28 am
Right on.
February 21, 2014 at 1:13 am
Who is the Commander in Chief of the Tachira Defense Forces? Nice organization skills from whoever it is.
February 21, 2014 at 11:47 am
You are right because in the Maduro-chavista side, the Mayor General Noel Bermudez, commander of the REDI-ANDES yesterday was kicked out of his post and the gobernacion del Tachira intervened by Caracas. The “de facto” governor is M/G Rodriguez Torres.
http://www.lanacion.com.ve/regional/miguel-reyes-tuvo-que-intervenir-el-presidente-por-la-inoperancia-del-gobernador/
February 21, 2014 at 12:54 am
When someone declares war on you, the best option is to declare right back
February 21, 2014 at 12:35 am
The present government can go ahead and shut down the internet, because probably 99% of chavistas and cubanistas don’t use the internet anyway. What they dare not do is shut down the cell phone network or they would have a nationwide uprising in short order.
February 21, 2014 at 12:16 pm
I have been in communication with friends in San Cristobal through Whatssap. It has been the only way.
February 22, 2014 at 10:58 am
If they shut down the internet, the banking system won’t work, as well as many other things.
February 21, 2014 at 12:30 am
whats that term called, something like… “necessity is the mother of invention. I hope we do finally get a real to goodness resolution that can finally fix this country…