2016 protests in Venezuela began in early January following controversy surrounding the 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary elections and the increasing hardships felt by Venezuelans. The series of protests originally began in February 2014 when hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans protested due to high levels of criminal violence, inflation, and chronic scarcity of basic goods because of policies created by the Venezuelan government though the size of protests had decreased since 2014.
Chavistas protesting the removal of Chávez and Bolivar images from the National Assembly on 7 January 2016.
26 October 2016 protest that gathered an estimated 1.2 million Venezuelans.
Vatican-backed dialogue with the Bolivarian government
2015 protests in Venezuela began in the first days of January primarily due to shortages in the country, with the first massive demonstration occurring on 23 January, on the anniversary of the 1958 coup d'etat against dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez. The series of protests originally began in February 2014 when hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans protested due to high levels of criminal violence, inflation, and chronic scarcity of basic goods because of policies created the Venezuelan government. As of January 2015, over 50 people had been arrested for protesting. The protests are listed below according to the month they had happened.
The "March of Empty Pots" in Caracas on 24 January 2015, where several thousand marched against shortages and denounced the Venezuelan government.
A vigil being held on 5 January 2015 for those killed and imprisoned during the 2014 Venezuelan protests.
Protesters showing signs and yelling invitations to protest to the people in lines waiting to buy basic goods.
Protester during the rally called by the students on February 12th in Caracas.