Guarimba Victims Spread Message of Nonviolence in Ecuador

[Judi Lynn]

Guarimba Victims Spread Message of Nonviolence in Ecuador



Carrero lost his hand when a bomb was detonated by right-wing protestors (teleSUR)

Published 30 June 2015 (3 hours 4 minutes ago)

German Carrero was delivering medical supplies when a bomb detonated and ripped his hand off in 2014. Ever since right-wing protesters set off the bomb during the violent protests that took place in Venezuela last year, he has been determined to spread a message of nonviolence around the world, coming to Ecuador with other victims of violence to present his case.

“We want there to be justice, and that our human rights are respected. We are the real victims. There are 43 dead and 888 injured. People really did pay for this, they lost their children, mothers, brothers, and parts of their body,” said Carrero, a member of the Committee of the Guarimba Victims, to teleSUR.

Guarimbas, are the radical right-wing opposition groups who initiated violent protests that killed 43 people in the South American country last year.

The Committee of Guarimba Victims held a private meeting with Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Ernesto Samper at the regional body headquarters in Quito, Ecuador’s capital.

More:
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Committee-of-Guarimba-Victims-Spread-Message-of-Nonviolence-in-Ecuador-20150630-0030.html

[Peace Patriot]

1. What a brave man, to speak out like this!

Thanks for posting this! He is a shiny example of courage, honesty and political truth-telling. Kudos and laurel wreaths to German Carrero!

[Marksman_91]

2. The majority of the victims of the 2014 protests were in the opposition

This guarimba committee is just a politically motivated ploy by the Maduro administration to try to make themselves look like the victims. Just so you know, yesterday was the culmination of a little evaluation in Geneva from a UN commission regarding the situation of human rights in Venezuela. As you might imagine, the Attorney General of Venezuela, along with the Chavista delegation that went with her to attend this evaluation, got royally schooled there. She ended up actually being quite rude, telling one of the UN committee members to shut up during the hearing. Obviously the committee president wasn't very happy about it and shut HER up badly.