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Death of an Activist in Venezuela: In Memory of Orlando Figueroa
Centeno, Jimmy
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/06/16/death-of-an-activist-in-venezuela-in-memory-of-orlando-figueroa/Date Written: 2017-06-16 Publisher: Counterpunch Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX21019 Highlighting the death of a political activist in Venezuala by the utra-right, which uses brutality, murder and ecological destruction to pursue their goal of recuperating control over the oil producing nation. Abstract: -- Excerpt: Stabbed and beaten Figueroa was doused with gasoline and burnt alive by a group of merciless anti-government demonstrators (see Video). Children are coopted and hired by rancorous opposition to cause chaos, instability and bring violence to the streets of Venezuela. Subject Headings |