The manifestations of street were at your service of the day. The miners shook the city, as well as the neighbors who demanded greater security and a better electrical system, among others actors of the society who elevated their complaints before the authorities.

Carolina Mafia
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The protests of the miners became during the 2008 “ bread ours of every day ”

The manifestations of street by reclamations of wage, claiming and labor character marked this year that arrives at its end. To it, the reclamations against the insecurity originating of diverse sectors of the city are added, especially of the retailers.

For principle of the 2008, specifically in the month of February, the university sector “was sent” to the street to pronounce itself against the insecurity, affecting to youth.

Also, the union that groups to the industralists and retailers of the city indicated its preoccupation to the insecurity. “This city is happening to be a violent pacific city to one and uncertain one”, assured in that then Libardo Perez, first vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industria of City Bolivar, who considered that “already we lived in a city completely frightened”.

Perez indicated that “the delinquency degree is so, that or the retailer does not know if who enters his business is a client or a robber”.

This sector became 2008 in target the constants of kidnappings, holdups and robberies. Only this year several retailers and relatives of these were victims from plagiarisms. Angela Alaimo, raptada the 24 of February and released the 1 of June, was one of the cases of kidnapping that shocked to the bolivarense group. Other registered plagiarisms, the university student Diego Arthur González, Celestine Churches and the last Oscar Speck.

The insecurity wave took to the retailers to realise civic unemployment and action of street the 17 of May. The action was headed by the directive of the Chamber of Commerce, integrated by its president Juan Sakur.

The jail is the news
Between the months of March, April and October the Judicial Boarding school of City Bolivar (Beautiful Jail of Vista) became the news before the prison violence, that balance of several died criminals left, and the situation of autosecuestro.

For the month of March 190 people decide not to leave the penitentiary in support to the criminals who demand procedural speed and the conditions of that enclosure. The protest during five days, to repeat itself in April when again the reclamations are made feel through another one autosecuestro. But, this time, the protest gave happened when finalizing with the death of two criminals.

For October autosecuestro by five days is already registered third. The reclamations are the same: procedural speed, the unhealthy humiliations of the National Guard and conditions of the penitentiary. For December a shooting seizes of this center of imprisonment, seeding fear and sinks between the residents of the Beautiful Vista sector. Again the subject arises from the culmination of the works of the new jail for the city.

“Missing” headings
The absence of some nutritional headings of the shelves of the supermarkets and supplies happened to become the point of east honor year in the bolivarense capital.

Long and interminable tails of consumers were observed for half-full of year in many commerce and mercal to buy a kilogram of milk in dust, sugar or rice. While, this happened the desperation seized of the population that at risk rose early of everything to acquire these headings.

In December, although the existence of these headings was standardized, the coffee “has disappeared” of the tables of many homes.

Mayor mentioned by corruption
Another fact that marked the 2008, and caused commotion in the city, was the citation and appearance of the ex- mayor of Heres, Lenín Figueroa, to the Court of Safeguard, in that then in charge of judge Pedro Perez Esposito.

The Public Ministry mentioned to the mayor by the commission of crimes of peculado fraudulent own, peculado guilty, evasion in licitation process, contract subscription without budgetary forecast and concert of government official with contractors, contemplated in the Law Against the Corruption. The cause: the municipal slaughter house.

Also, another event of relevación was the elections of the PSUV to choose to their candidates to the municipal and regional elections, and the cause that blamed the governor of the State Francisco Rangel Go'mez to have one componenda armed to its favor in the Regional Office of the CNE. Also, all whatever surrounded its electoral campaign; as well as the one of the same opposition, that did not obtain unitary candidacy for that process for the Interior.

The expulsion of the ex- mayor of Raul Leoni, Gilberto Villarroel, of the PSUV, not to comply with directives.

They lack the galens
While, the medical union did not remain back, and also it protested, not only by the presidential increase of 30%, but by the same conditions of the Hospital Ruiz and Páez, the lack of consumptions, medicine and medical personnel.

For the month of May and soon in November their voices of protest were made feel. Poles of streets and marches were at your service of the days.

The School of Doctor, through its Secretary General, Grando Angel, raised the deficit of the galens not only in Ruiz and Páez, but in all the ambulatory hospitals and of the state Bolivar. For May only 30 doctors were needed, today this number is increasing, added to the lack of medical pathologist.

Mining reclamations
The reclamations of the ex- workers of the mining, at the top of their main spokesman Alfredo Villanueva, happened to make the “bread ours of every day”.

More than 10 protests they carried out in this city that left to the mining by a aid of the call mining reconversion. Closing of routes, rubber burning fire, watches to the doors of the Bank of Venezuela, takes from the Orinoco Stroll and until the kidnapping of the vice-president of CVG, Alfredo Arcila and the taking of it soothes of Mibam, were part of the actions registered by this sector in this year.

City in the dark

And as if outside little, the city was affected by constant blackouts during the 2008. In April the faults became more constants, in four days only entered 19 electrical interruptions, creating displeased between the bolivarenses.

For the month of October more than half of the city it was in the dark due to faults in the substations, which affected the service of potable water in the city.