Hugo Chávez statue torn down amid protests in Venezuela
Hugo Chávez statue torn down amid protests in Venezuela
Caracas - Arab Today
A handful of young men destroyed a statue of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez in oil-producing Zulia state as protests mount in the South American country.
Footage shows the statue, which depicts Chávez saluting and wearing a sash, being yanked down to cheers in a public plaza before it is bashed into a sidewalk and then the road as onlookers swear at the leftist, who died in 2013 from cancer, The Guardian reported Saturday.
“Students destroyed this statue of Chávez. They accuse him of destroying their future,” opposition lawmaker Carlos Valero said about the incident, which was also reported in local media.
About 717 people have been injured and 152 are still in jail from the hundreds rounded up in widespread unrest around the volatile nation of 30 million people.
Source: MENA
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