Colectivos are far-left Venezuelan armed paramilitary groups that support the Bolivarian government, the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) political alliance and Venezuela's ruling party, and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Colectivo has become an umbrella term for irregular armed groups that operate in poverty-stricken areas.
Colectivos gathered during the Mother of All Marches in 2017
Two students of the Central University of Venezuela wrestle with two government supporters, one of them armed, on 7 November 2007. One of the students, Gerardo Olivares (at the right), was shot in the leg.
Body of Paola Ramírez
Children of the La Piedrita colectivo receiving awards at the Palacio Municipal de Caracas.
23 de Enero is a parish located in the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality west of the city of Caracas, Venezuela. The parish receives its name from the date of the 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état which overthrew dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez.
23 de Enero in 2013.
Original plan of the area.
The area as seen from Miraflores Palace.
Cuartel de la Montaña