Thousands of Impoverished Venezuelans Try to Mob the Presidential Palace

It looks like rebellion could be brewing in Venezuela. Large crowds of angry civil sector workers charged through roadblocks on their way to the presidential palace to demand higher pay. People are struggling to survive. They say they live on “starvation wages.” Under pressure from Washington to ease repression, Delcy Rodriguez has pushed through several major economic reforms, as well as an amnesty for political prisoners. She wants to raise wages slowly to avoid causing inflation. People are impatient since they can’t even buy necessities. Venezuelan public sector workers are running past police road blocks on their way to the presidential palace in an attempt to demand higher pay pic.twitter.com/B5YzaJXBjU — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 9, 2026 France 24 Dozens of riot police with