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2014–15 Venezuelan protests

2014–17 Venezuelan protests
Part of Crisis in Bolivarian Venezuela
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Protesters Bolivar Statue.jpg Liberty 12 February 2015 Venezuelan protest (cropped).jpg
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Images from top to bottom and from left to right:
Opposition march in Caracas on 12 February 2014, Protesters perched on a statue of Simón Bolívar in May 2014, A women wearing a banner reading Never Forget on the first anniversary of protests on 12 February 2015, Millions marching in Caracas on 26 October 2016, The Mother of All Marches on 19 April 2017.
Date 12 February 2014 – ongoing
(3 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location Venezuela
Status Ongoing
Parties to the civil conflict

Venezuelan opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable
(VP, PF, UNT, AD, COPEI and others)



"Guarimberos"
(built street barricades called "guarimbas")


Anti-government protesters

  • Anti-government students

  • Constitutionalists
    • Military and police units loyal to 1999 Constitution
      • Brigade 21
    • Dissenting officials

Supported by :
 United States
 Colombia
 Argentina
 Uruguay
 Paraguay
 Mexico
 Brazil(since 2016)
 Canada
 Germany
 Norway
 France

 United Kingdom

Coat of arms of Venezuela.svg Government of Venezuela


Great Patriotic Pole
(PSUV, PCV, MEP, MRT and others)


Pro-government paramilitaries (Colectivos)


Pro-government demonstrators

  • Pro-government students

Supported by  :
 Cuba
 Bolivia
 Ecuador
 Nicaragua
 Brazil(until 2016)
 China
 Russia
 Iran
 Syria

 North Korea
Lead figures
Number

Hundreds of thousands to over 1 million opposition protesters

  • Tens of thousands of student protesters
Hundreds of thousands of pro-government demonstrators
Casualties
Death(s)
  • 43 (2014)
  • 1 (2015)
  • 12 (2016)
  • 163 (2017)
Injuries
  • 5,285 (2014)
  • 13,050 (2017)
Arrested
  • 3,689 (2014)
  • 410 (2015)
  • 2,732 (2016)
  • 4,848 (2017)

Venezuelan opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable
(VP, PF, UNT, AD, COPEI and others)

"Guarimberos"
(built street barricades called "guarimbas")

Anti-government protesters

Supported by :
 United States
 Colombia
 Argentina
 Uruguay
 Paraguay
 Mexico
 Brazil(since 2016)
 Canada
 Germany
 Norway
 France


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