In a video that showed dozens of groups in Maracay, it was warned that these groups are “organized in the streets” monitoring the protests in the city and that they are willing to “go out to defend peace” in the country.
A group of civilians calling themselves “colectivos” published a video on social networks in which they exhort, with a threatening tone, not to protest wage increases in Maracay and other cities of Aragua.
The audiovisual content broadcast on Twitter by journalist Delmiro De Barrio, which lasts for a minute and a half, shows dozens of civilians with motorcycle helmets in a public space. One of them is in charge of giving a message in which he warns that “it can go wrong” for those who demand salary increases in street demonstrations.
“The groups are calm. We are watching and monitoring. When it’s time to go out, we don’t want loud noises, because the street belongs to the town. We want our children to be in their high schools and schools. Don’t let yourself be manipulated by these people, it could go wrong for them.” warned the spokesman for the collective group without identifying himself.
This threat is made in a context of protests throughout the country, promoted especially by teachers and professors, who reject the current minimum wage equivalent to only 6.6 dollars at the official exchange rate of 19.45 bolivars per dollar, in addition to demand restitution of their benefits and respect for collective agreements.
According to the representative of the group of collectives that recorded the video, the protests are not taking place because Nicolás Maduro has already explained that “There is no budget for a salary increase” and argued that the people who call these mobilizations are the same ones who cause the economic crisis by asking for sanctions from the United States.
«For these people who spend their time on the street asking for a salary increase, there is no budget for a salary increase. Those people who are summoning them are the causes of the measures that the United States is taking with criminal sanctions against our country. Be aware,” she exclaimed.
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Finally, the self-styled collective affirmed that their group is organized and monitoring the protests, with the willingness to take to the streets to “defend the peace of the country” if necessary.
“Here is a town organized on two wheels monitoring those shots that they are doing in Maracay and in different municipalities. We are attentive and alert, ready to take to the streets to defend the peace of our country”, insisted.
Aragua collectives broadcast a video where they threaten those who take to the streets to protest the economic situation in the country. pic.twitter.com/p84ygGuRnU
— Delmiro De Barrio (@DelmiroDeBarrio) January 14, 2023
Protests in Aragua
Teachers from all over the country took to the streets this January 15 with the purpose of using Teacher’s Day as a platform to once again bring to the public arena their discontent regarding salary matters.
The group that protested in Aragua rejected the bonuses offered by the Government to compensate for the very poor wages it pays, since “they do not serve or allow progress.”
“The Patria System, which is never open on Sunday, opened today to give a bonus of 580 bolivars, which colleagues, we are not on the street for a bonus. We do not want a bonus,” denounced a protester during the mobilization.
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The demonstrators ratify that their desire is focused on respect for the rights enshrined in the Constitution and in their contracts, for which they maintain that they want the collective contract to be signed, that their HCM insurance be implemented with hospitals in good condition and that the students receive quality education.
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