She noted that at that time the Venezuelan people gave a great anti-neoliberal lesson and rose against the inequality and social injustice of a puppet government of the International Monetary Fund.
Rodriguez’s publication on Twitter was accompanied by images alluding to the historical event and the human rights violations committed by the government of then-President Carlos Andres Perez.
The Venezuelans commemorated on Thursday the 31st anniversary of the people’s rebellion with a great popular march, as a rejection of neoliberal policies and the economic adjustments that suffocate the people.
“The Caracazo” took place when the Venezuelan people rose against the IMF and the policies of Perez’s government.
Repression by the state security forces generated a massacre in the nation that claimed the lives of more than three thousand people.
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