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Helicopter attack on Venezuela's Supreme Court - CNN.com
(CNN)A police helicopter launched a daring attack on the Venezuelan Supreme Court Tuesday, in a dramatic escalation of the months-long crisis engulfing the regime of President Nicolas Maduro.
The helicopter was apparently stolen and piloted by an officer in the country's investigative police force, Oscar Perez. As it strafed the court building and the Interior Ministry in Caracas, the attackers fired gunshots and lobbed grenades, officials said.
Maduro condemned the attack as an attempted coup, saying "terrorists" were behind the offensive and that an operation was underway to track the perpetrators down.
But much remained murky about the assault: if it was an attempt to unseat Maduro's government, it was a spectacular failure. No-one was injured and one of the grenades failed to explode, government officials said.
I've had a small interest in following Venezuela current events for a few years since Chavez came to power. I remember reading a prediction that the country was going to be screwed because Chavez didn't reinvest the oil money in oil production, but used it to spend lavishly. Well, the decline in production and the overall decline in price screwed them and the people are pissed.
(CNN)A police helicopter launched a daring attack on the Venezuelan Supreme Court Tuesday, in a dramatic escalation of the months-long crisis engulfing the regime of President Nicolas Maduro.
The helicopter was apparently stolen and piloted by an officer in the country's investigative police force, Oscar Perez. As it strafed the court building and the Interior Ministry in Caracas, the attackers fired gunshots and lobbed grenades, officials said.
Maduro condemned the attack as an attempted coup, saying "terrorists" were behind the offensive and that an operation was underway to track the perpetrators down.
But much remained murky about the assault: if it was an attempt to unseat Maduro's government, it was a spectacular failure. No-one was injured and one of the grenades failed to explode, government officials said.
I've had a small interest in following Venezuela current events for a few years since Chavez came to power. I remember reading a prediction that the country was going to be screwed because Chavez didn't reinvest the oil money in oil production, but used it to spend lavishly. Well, the decline in production and the overall decline in price screwed them and the people are pissed.
