EpaCARACAS (VENEZUELA) – Le donne scendono in piazza in Venezuela, per dire no alla violenza e alle politiche del presidente venezuelano Nicolas Maduro. A convocarla è Lillian Tintori, la moglie del leader dell’opposizione venezuelana Leopoldo Lopez, in carcere per accuse di incitamento alle violenze. Lopez è finito in carcere con una rosa bianca in mano.
Marta Serafini racconta sul Corriere della Sera quello che sta accadendo nel paese sudamericano. Lillian sta diventando uno dei simboli della protesta ed è molto attiva sia in rete che in piazza. Il suo
“obiettivo [è] di portare avanti la lotta del marito. La situazione in Venezuela rimane molto tesa, dopo che almeno 13 persone sono morte nelle proteste anti-Maduro e 150 sono rimaste ferite. Le manifestazioni, nate infatti in modo spontaneo contro la scarsità di beni di prima necessità e la criminalità sempre più dilagante, sono diventate il mezzo di scontro tra l’opposizione e il governo capeggiato dall’erede di Chavez. Il governo infatti controlla i proventi del petrolio. Ma l’inflazione è alle stelle e anche solo uscire di casa sta diventando sempre più pericoloso”.
“Il governatore dello Stato di Miranda, Henrique Capriles, esponente dell’opposizione si era rifiutato di partecipare a una riunione di funzionari locali e statali con il presidente Nicolas Maduro. Secondo Lopez ‘in questo momento membri dell’opposizione non dovrebbero tenere colloqui con il presidente. ‘Guardate – ha affermato – le dichiarazioni di Nicolas Maduro: ogni volta che parla ci insulta, parla con tono aggressivo, parla con l’odio’. Capriles ha spiegato di non aver partecipato all’incontro perché Maduro ‘voleva soltanto una stretta di mano e una foto per poter dire al mondo che va tutto bene’.
La situazione rimane tesa e quanto sta accadendo sta rimbalzando anche su Twitter e sui vari social network che denunciano anche torture ed abusi. Anche star del calibro di madonna Shakira, Ricky Martin e la nostra Pausini hanno preso posizione contro Maduro, definito da madonna “non sa cosa cosa sono i diritti umani”.
Su Twitter, gli hashtag più gettonati sono #prayforvenezuela e #sosvenezuela. Ad utilizzarli sono stati la cubana Gloria Estefan e il colombiano Juanes, vera autorità musicale in quella parte d’America.
Spiega ancora Marta Serafini che
” A sorpresa, le critiche più articolate al modo in cui Maduro affronta la contestazione giovanile sono venute da cantautori considerati di sinistra come il panamense Ruben Blades. A favore del governo venezuelano, viceversa, si sono espressi Diego Armando Maradona, che ha denunciato «le menzogne create dagli imperialisti» sulla repressione della protesta”.
Lillian Tintori in piazza parla alla folla (foto Epa)epa04096616 Wife of imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez Lilian Tintori participates in a protest against the government of Nicolas Maduro with a banner reading 'Whom he gets tired, looses' in Caracas, Venezuela, 22 February 2014. Government supporters and opposition are marching today in Venezuela after a week marked by the protest over the country. Protests over the recent days against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have claimed at least eight lives and left 134 people injured, Attorney General Luisa Ortega said 21 February. Maduro has accused demonstrators of staging a coup d'etat to topple his government, and opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has been arrested as the leader of the alleged revolt. The opposition, in turn, has denounced disproportionate repression of protests and attacks on demonstrators by armed government supporters. EPA/MIGUEL GUTIERREZ
Leopoldo Lopez arrestato con una rosa bianca in mano (foto Ap) Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez is flanked by Bolivarian National Guards after Lopez surrendered, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014. Lopez re-emerged from days of hiding to address an anti-government demonstration and then he turned himself in to authorities Tuesday. Speaking to some 5,000 supporters with a megaphone, Lopez said that he doesn't fear going to jail to defend his beliefs and constitutional right to peacefully protest against President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)
Epaepa04096605 Wife of imprissioned opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez Lilian Tintori speaks during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, 22 February 2014. Government supporters and opposition are marching today in Venezuela after a week marked by the protest over the country. Protests over the recent days against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have claimed at least eight lives and left 134 people injured, Attorney General Luisa Ortega said 21 February. Maduro has accused demonstrators of staging a coup d'etat to topple his government, and opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has been arrested as the leader of the alleged revolt. The opposition, in turn, has denounced disproportionate repression of protests and attacks on demonstrators by armed government supporters. EPA/MIGUEL GUTIERREZ
ApLilian Tintori, the wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, center, walks hand in hand with actress Norkys Batista, left, and congresswoman Maria Corina Machado as they arrive for a news conference at Plaza Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Tintori said her husband Lopez believes the time is not right for members of the opposition to sit down with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro. Lopez "thinks that Venezuela is not going to stop, that the discontent is nationwide, that it is a little late to call for peace," she said. The news conference was called to announce a march on Wednesday by opposition women. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
ApLilian Tintori, wife of detained opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, delivers a speech during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Supporters and opponents of the government of President Nicolas Maduro are holding competing rallies in the bitterly divided country. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
ApLilian Tintori, front, wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez , front, and congresswoman Maria Corina Machado, behind, shout slogans at a news conference in Plaza Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Tintori said her husband Lopez believes the time is not right for members of the opposition to sit down with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro. Lopez "thinks that Venezuela is not going to stop, that the discontent is nationwide, that it is a little late to call for peace," she said. The news conference was called to announce a march on Wednesday by opposition women. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Epaepa04096615 Wife of imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez Lilian Tintori participates in a protest against the government of Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, 22 February 2014. Government supporters and opposition are marching today in Venezuela after a week marked by the protest over the country. Protests over the recent days against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have claimed at least eight lives and left 134 people injured, Attorney General Luisa Ortega said 21 February. Maduro has accused demonstrators of staging a coup d'etat to topple his government, and opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has been arrested as the leader of the alleged revolt. The opposition, in turn, has denounced disproportionate repression of protests and attacks on demonstrators by armed government supporters. EPA/MIGUEL GUTIERREZ
