On Sunday 9 th , 2017 Venezuela hit a hundred days of anti-dictatorial regime demonstrations. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have taken over main streets and roads demanding a new presidential election, a humanitarian solution to counter food and medical supply shortages, the release of political prisoners and the reinstitution of the National Assembly’s functions. Since the protests started, more than one hundred people have been killed, 3,500 arrested and thousands injured across the country. Falling oil revenues due to low international oil prices, as well as institutionalized government corruption, caused a further backlash, leaving the government to respond once again with brute force. Tear gas, water cannons and pepper-spray were fired into crowds by the National Guard and its paramilitary force, the “colectivos”, a heavily armed civilian branch supporting the Venezuelan government. This critical economic, political and social situation does not seem to have an easy solution. In […]