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Chacao police block labor coalition march headed toward US delegation

From El Nacional · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Chacao municipal police blocked a labor coalition march that sought to reach the Marriott Hotel in Caracas, where a US diplomatic delegation was staying.
  • Scuffles broke out as protesters tried to pass the police line, and union coordinator Carlos Salazar was injured.
  • Salazar criticized the operation and accused businessman Alejandro Betancourt of responsibility for Venezuela’s electricity failures, claims presented by him at the scene.

A police cordon stopped a labor march in Caracas before it could reach the hotel where a United States diplomatic delegation was staying. Chacao municipal police deployed an anti-riot line on Mohedano Street and blocked the Coalition’s route to the Marriott.

The marchers tried to push through the security cordon, leading to physical clashes in which Carlos Salazar, the coalition’s national coordinator, was injured. The mobilization sought to deliver workers’ demands to the US delegation in the Venezuelan capital.

Salazar questioned the police operation and alleged irregularities in the equipment carried by officers. “Police with a gun and a knife. How do you explain this? The Chacao Police. We were coming peacefully,” he told reporters at the scene.

Police with a gun and a knife. How do you explain this? The Chacao Police. We were coming peacefully.

· Carlos SalazarThe labor leader criticized the equipment and tactics used by Chacao police during the confrontation.

He also accused businessman Alejandro Betancourt of being protected by the authorities and blamed him for the collapse of Venezuela’s national electricity system. Salazar said Betancourt should compensate residents who lost household appliances because of repeated failures in commercial electricity service in states including Zulia and Falcón.

The security deployment kept the march inside the Miranda municipality and prevented the protesters from reaching the hotel complex.

Do you know what they are defending? Alejandro Betancourt. The thief Alejandro Betancourt, the one who has Venezuela in the dark.

· Carlos SalazarSalazar accused authorities of protecting businessman Alejandro Betancourt and blamed him for electricity failures.
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Originally published by El Nacional in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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