Protest the lack of water... and be punished

[GatoGordo]

Democracy? Government of Lara will sanction those who protest for lack of water
The Cooperator | June 7, 2018

Caracas. - Lara state authorities warned that those who close a street to protest the lack of water will be cited by the prefecture. "Closing a street is a crime defined in the Penal Code. We will be very strict with the fulfillment of the law ... We will proceed in the next few days to take citations to the prefecture," said the director of Security, Kleyder Ferreiro during a press conference on Tuesday.

The neighbors of Barquisimeto have denounced the bad service for years. The situation has forced citizens to demand an improvement in the supply in the streets.

Meanwhile, the president of Hidrolara, Sabrina Salvatrice, attributed the failures to alleged "sabotage" (!!!) in the electrical and pumping systems. "Our governor ordered the militarization of several stations," says NTN24.

https://elcooperante.com/democracia-gobierno-de-lara-sancionara-a-quienes-protestan-por-falta-de-agua/

The Chavistas are kinda hit and miss about enforcement of the laws. While protesting the lack of potable water in a land with huge water reserves will get your thrown in jail, bribing the public for their votes and ignoring the Constitution is ordinary.

And more "sabotage"... couldn't possibly be the lack of maintenance and infrastructure improvements over the last 18 years. Sabotage (and the economic war) are the go to excuses for Chavista failure... though they have gone to the new extreme of blaming the lazy citizenry for not being as appreciative for all the freebies that Chavismo showers upon its voters.

[DetlefK]

1. The situation in Venezuela cannot go on forever. For a very simple reason:

A normal country operates on renewable ressources: New laborers get born, they create added-value in the economy, they pay taxes, they bring ideas, they bring progress.

But Venezuela is not operating on renewable ressources:
People are leaving.
Skilled laborers are leaving, which means expertise is leaving.
Teachers and professors are leaving, which means knowledge is leaving.
The economy is not based on creating added-value out of what you have and then consuming this added-value. It's based on consuming what you have.

Metaphorically speaking, instead of putting aside seeds for the next season for planting new plants and creating new seeds, Venezuela is eating the few seeds they have left.




Venezuela's ressources on natural ressources, on people, on expertise, on knowledge, on tools, machinery and spare-parts, are limited. And they no longer get replenished.
And when Venezuela runs out of any of those, it will collapse.