{"id":7811,"date":"2026-05-02T01:05:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7811"},"modified":"2026-05-02T01:05:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:05:44","slug":"venezuelan-protesters-call-government-wage-hike-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7811","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan protesters call government wage hike a joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><small>A man holds a sign reading &#8216;No more starvation wages&#8217; during a May Day rally in Caracas &#8211; Copyright AFP Marvin RECINOS<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p>About 1,500 people demonstrated in Venezuela on Friday, denouncing a 26 percent income increase announced by the government as grossly insufficient in a crisis-hit economy.<\/p>\n<p>Acting president Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday hiked the monthly \u201ccomprehensive minimum income\u201d from $190 to $240 \u2014 a package comprised mostly of government bonuses that do not count toward retirement benefits or holiday pay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Protesters chanted \u201ca bonus is not a salary\u201d as they marched through the center of Caracas, with dozens of riot police looking on. Smaller protests were reported in other parts of the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A family of five\u2019s basic food needs are estimated to cost about $700 a month in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Juraina Palacios, a 55-year-old teacher, said of Rodriguez: \u201cWhat she did yesterday was an outrage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a joke, a trick,\u201d said union leader Franklin Velasquez, 61.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez \u2014 Nicolas Maduro\u2019s vice president before US forces captured him in a stunning raid in January \u2014 is grappling with leading a country that has the world\u2019s largest proven\u00a0oil\u00a0reserves but an economy in\u00a0shambles.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the new minimum wage package on Thursday, she said it was \u201cthe most significant increase in recent years\u201d but acknowledged that it was still \u201cnot enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Demands for better working conditions are intensifying in a devastated economy that shows no signs of recovery following decades of chronic price hikes. In 2025, Venezuela recorded inflation of 475 percent, the highest in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorkers cannot continue to bear the burden of a crisis they did not cause,\u201d union leader Jose Patines said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez has promised better days ahead thanks to reforms opening the oil and mining sector to investment.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela has signed agreements with various multinational oil companies, including Chevron, Eni, and Repsol, and on Thursday welcomed the first direct flight from the United States in seven years, the latest sign of thawing relations since Washington deposed Maduro.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; 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