Venezuela has been in a state of chaos these past couple of weeks. Protests against the current president of Venezuela have been ongoing in Caracas since early February. Students, as well as the general public, have been protesting against the decisions being made by the new president and government. The people are protesting against extremely high crime rates and shortages of basic food items, and the protests have been violent and heated; literally. Flaming barricades have been put up around cities to block roads from law enforcement personnel and fights between protestors, law enforcement and government supporters have broken out.

During highly peaceful marches in the capitol on February 12^th, three protestors were shot and killed by gunmen. Since that day there have been protests daily in the capitol and other cities in Venezuela. Students were the first people to take to the streets and since then there have been about 500 arrests and more than ten additional deaths. Following the arrests, about 300 have been released but the protests still continue.

During this time of unrest in Venezuela, there has been a media blackout declared by the government so there has not been a constant free flow of information. Reporters from certain countries have also been stopped from entering the country to report on the events. The protests are ongoing and the outcome is yet to be seen from these protests.