Prayers for my country

[Saskia]

I have been a GU member for 5 years now, if I recall correctly, I have come here for many reasons and it is a place where I come to forget about the stress of day-to-day life, I have tried to help as many users as I can, now I come here to kindly ask if anyone who reads this post could say a prayer for my country, we are at the verge of a civil war, we live under a dictatorship, and it has lasted long enough (15 years), the people are tired of it and are taking the streets, we have been out on the streets for over a week now, demaning the immediate resignation of our dictator, people have been slaughtered on the streets by the police and the military theese days, students killed by the police, it is getting worse and worse every day, yesterday the military fogged the people with a green gas containing 27% of arsenic, they are trying to kill us, I am personally on the streets, please pray for us, you can look for pictures and videos online, the TV here is owned by the government and they are not broadcasting any of what has happened on the streets, they blackedout our tweeter accounts, they are doing everything in their powers to shut us up, but we are the majority of the country.

Some of us have died, more will die, please pray for us.

 

[acpart]

Stay safe, I will be thinking of you. It's hard these days, as always, to be progressive and work for peace and justice.

Aliza

 

[cricket4u]

Sorry to hear this Saskia, you will all be in my prayers.

Stay safe

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Saskia ~
Geckos Unlimited is a stronger and more positive forum thanks to your continued presence. :banana:

Follow your heart. We mostly only have one shot at life.

Sending +++ vibes to you and your family.

 

[Tamara]

Stand your ground Saskia, if you are fighting for something you truly believe in such a the right to be free, never back down!!!
We wish you all te best and please stay safe, our thoughts are with you and your friends and family.

Tamara & Kevin.

 

[Saskia]

This is just a glimpse of what has been going on day and night for the past week:

Trampa - YouTube

Video: Así Murió El Estudiante Bassil Da Costa En Venezuela | Muerte De Bassil Da Costa - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0FGFjR1S7Y

And if anyone cares to see, this facebook page is trying to broascast as much as they can, updates and day to day:

https://www.facebook.com/redzuela

Thanks for your messages, I am going out to the streets again today, for my daughter and for my future, I don´t want to be another immigrant in a foreign land, like thousands of people who have left already.

 

[Saskia]

I came back safely to my house today, tomorrow is a big protest being called, I will be there for sure, the paople are taking turns, some go in the mornings, some go in the afternoons, and some spend the night, I will be there tomorrow morning again.

This a youtube video IN ENGLISH, that resumes what is happenning here, I just saw it, and want to share it with as many english-speaking people as possible, is a great resume, and you can see and understand what is happenning, if you want to and can, please share in your social media, I already did on my facebook page (www.facebook.com/geckowoman)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EFS6cP9auDc

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

I came back safely to my house today, tomorrow is a big protest being called, I will be there for sure, the paople are taking turns, some go in the mornings, some go in the afternoons, and some spend the night, I will be there tomorrow morning again.

This a youtube video IN ENGLISH, that resumes what is happenning here, I just saw it, and want to share it with as many english-speaking people as possible, is a great resume, and you can see and understand what is happenning, if you want to and can, please share in your social media, I already did on my facebook page (www.facebook.com/geckowoman)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EFS6cP9auDc

Saskia ~

I watched the English link a few minutes ago. Thanks for opening our eyes.

Venezuela's turmoil is soooooooo sad! How backwards is leadership like this in 2014!!!

Be safe in your efforts on behalf of your young daughter, your family, and your country. Wear sufficient protection to increase your safety!

 

[cricket4u]

Venezuela's turmoil is soooooooo sad!

I'd have to call it traumatizing and depressing! Hope you're holding up okay Saskia.

 

[Saskia]

It is devastating!! There was a major concentration yesterday country-wide, the result: 2 civilians dead (gunshots from the police), 5 in the hospital with gunshots, and the government oposition leader (one of them), Leopoldo López, in jail, we are not stopping, something has to happen.

This was yesterday:



I am only one of those little white dots... that is a major avenue in Caracas.

 

[cricket4u]

I would rather see you as a little white dot in this devastation, preferably in the center of the crowd. Even through all the sadness, it is nice to see how many are out there fighting for what they believe in.

 

[shawn101]

Ukraine going through the same thing, prayers for all. The corruption/politics of Venezuela is a litter different though, but there is always hope for change.

 

[Saskia]

I was right there, and I will continue to be there, yesterday (19th) was chaos, the government is sending paralegal forces to kill people, last night my neighbours, including myself made a barricade in the avenue right in front of our building (it is what the resistence is about now, to block streets and avenues, next to our homes), and a few hours later came about 100 motorcicles with people holding guns, shooting to the air, demanding we remove all that, this was not the police, this armed forces are called COLECTIVOS now, they have government protection, but they are not official "police", we ran away, they took down everything and threatened that if we did that again, they would go into the building... that exact thing happened in several places in the city during the night, there are many pictures and videos, some people got trapped in different buildings, afraid to go out because theese motorcicles were outside, 2 more civilians dead in Caracas last night by this paralegal forces, today we have seen many helicopters flying and some military airplanes... another major concentration is being called for this saturday....

 

[shawn101]

710 reasons for the political unrest, or do I have that backwards and upside down.

 

[Saskia]

Yes, the OIL has been Venezuela's blessing and Venezuela´s curse, this is a sadly rich country with sadly poor people, because the government is so corrupt.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

How goes it all, Saskia? Updates perhaps?

 

[Saskia]

I am not on the streets anymore, since I am now in the United States, but I have been in touch with several friends who are, the fight continues, the number of confirmed deaths has rised to 18, and almost 1.000 injured, something has to happen, the streets are getting worse, right now there is the carnival happenning, days when people usually go to the beaches, and the beaches are empty, I came here because I had my airplane ticket bought several months ago, I will flight back tomorrow and will continue, Venezuela has not rested:

Instagram

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The Hashtags in twitter: #PrayforVenezuela and #SOSVenezuela are becoming very popular

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Saskia ~

Take your time in the USA to enjoy the sunshine down south. Hope that you can do what it takes to regenerate your caring and enthusiasm about "Doing the right thing"!

 

[Saskia]

Found another video in english:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=529950053785891

I am impressed at how the media is being silenced, CNN was expulsed from here, and all their equipment (footage) stolen, networks that are broascasting (such as Colombian NTN24) were taken off our Tvs, yesterday, a reporter was fired because on his PERSONAL twitter account, he made some anti-government tweets.. many repoters have resigned from their works because they are not allowed to say anything about the situation, for the first time in 39 years, the Academy Awards ceremony was not televised in Venezuela because TV networks were afraid that some artists (like Jared Leto did) would say something about Venezuela.... Repression is happening at all levels.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

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