The abrupt withdrawal of the ticket of greater value in Venezuela ordered by the president Nicolas Maduro and the delay in the circulation of new banknotes and coins of higher denomination sparked protests and looting in several cities across the country this Friday.
“Attempts of looting in several parts of the country. Situation compounded by lack of cash. New tickets do not appear,” denounced the president of the Parliament, the opposition Henry Ramos Allup, on his Twitter account.
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In Maracaibo, the second largest city of the country, groups of people who were protesting against the lack of cash they confronted the police throwing stones.
And in Maturín, capital of Monagas, dozens of people protested the lack of cash and closed down one of the main avenues of the city.
“I Went through the market and everything was militarized. Looted a truck full of chicken and a group of oldies were at the door of the bank protesting because they want cash,” said Juan Carlos Leal, a farmer of Maturin.
Meanwhile, in the coastal city of Puerto la Cruz, state of Anzóategui, “people moved because they wanted to take money out of the bank and not the left,” explained Genesis, a worker of a bakery in the city.
“To calm the riot, the police fired in the air and everyone went in and ordered to close shops,” said Genesis, who asked not to give his surname for fear of reprisals.
On Twitter there were more and more reports of protests in states like Bolívar , Mérida, Táchira, and Zulia, many through the web of citizen journalism Report.
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In Santa Barbara, Barinas, local media reported that a group of people tried to open to blows a truck that carries money, and that the drivers would have been shot, leaving four injured.
The deputy opponent Antonio Barreto Sira stated that it generated “tense situations” in The Callao, Tumeremo and San Félix (state of Bolívar) and shared photos where you see a group of people breaking the entrance of a business and trying to enter the force.
The withdrawal in just three days of the ticket of 100 bolivars (0,15 dollars), the highest value and the circulation of the country, was ordered by Maduro to end so-called “mafias” who took center stage above all in Colombia, a border closed until Sunday, as is that of Brazil.
even Though the president announced that the output of circulation of the ticket would coincide on Thursday with the progressive entry of a new cone-monetary, for the time being there is no trace of the first coins pledged of 10, 50 and 100 bolivars nor for the 500 notes.
*With information from AFP
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