Maduro met with some of his cabinet in the Miraflores Palace to iron out the details of his government’s economic platform ahead of a busy week at the National Assembly. Maduro said that it was Venezuela’s time to “generate her own riches”, and said that he had high hopes for the newly-created Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture, which he was sure could make Venezuela “a powerhouse of fishing for internal consumption and exporting”.
Maduro said:
It’s a fishing and aquaculture revolution (…) we have to produce everything that we eat with our own hands.
Maduro also said that he was ready to give the National Assembly an economic emergency package, which he would present on Tuesday., stressing that Venezuela was living through “a real economic emergency”. He said that the package would centre around ways to combat the sabotage and “economic war” he maintains are responsible for the situation.
Turning to the MUD’s electoral victory on December 6, Maduro said:
If they [the MUD] held power here, and if they had the ability to repress, we’d have a Pinochet here killing, torturing and putting and end to our youth. Be sure of that. That’s the same fascist hatred (…) and they don’t understand this country. I really think that the right wing does not understand what happened in December. And they will never understand.
Allup Attacked by Gov’t Supporters in Market
National Assembly President Henry Ramos Allup visited the Quinta Crespo market this morning, where he was attacked by a pro-government crowd. Allup said that the attackers were members of a local colectivo, a pro-government group.
News of the event began to spread early in the day, and Allup confirmed it in the afternoon through a tweet:
It’s true. Violent colectivos , the scourge of the neighbourhood; but the people in the market scared them away. They threw rocks and cracked a windshield.
9 NBP Officers Arrested for Shooting at Ministry Cars
Two unmarked SUVs belonging to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came under fire in an apparent case of mistaken identity on Friday night in Caracas’ La Pastora neighbourhood.
La Patilla reports that the two vehicles came across a roadblock in the area. The National Bolivarian Police officers manning the post though that the vehicles matched the description of two SUVS wanted in an investigation into an earlier incident. The officers flagged the vehicles down, but the two sped away when the officers approached them. The officers then opened fire on the fleeing vehicles.
The two SUVS were stopped along the Caracas-La Guaira highway as the two made their way out of the city. It is not clear with the vehicles fled the police checkpoint.
Nine officers involved are currently being held under arrest.
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