Article snippet: Posted at 2:30 pm on August 5, 2017 by Susan Wright This is what it looks like when citizens are not allowed to question or speak against their government. This is the beginning of true tyranny. Venezuela has been rocked by months of violent protests, beginning on January of this year, as President Maduro shut down talks and had opposition leaders arrested. The citizens of Venezuela are starving, unable to obtain even the most basic staples of life on a regular basis, while Maduro’s loyalists in the government have enjoyed the riches of the land. In fact, Venezuela is, in terms of resources, a rich nation, but socialism and despotic rule have taken their toll, and it is the people who suffer. It’s always the people who suffer when tyrants and ignoble men are given ruling powers. Luisa Ortega, the chief prosecutor of Venezuela, began as a loyalist to the Maduro regime, but began to sour on what she was seeing with the ruling party, and in April became quite vocal in her opposition. On Saturday, several dozen Venezuelan National Guard troops surrounded Ortega’s office in downtown Caracas, in preparation for a vote to have her ousted by the newly-formed constitutional assembly. Her assets have been frozen and she is currently unable to leave the country. From the Associated Press: The United States, the opposition, and several other nations have condemned the formation of this assembly, as it is a tool to open up a dictatorship, in an already unstable region. I... Link to the full article to read more