lead an international effort to stop the government of Venezuela from its accelerated path towards a totalitarian state.

This petition asks the Obama administration to start and lead an effort, in conjunction with international organizations to stop the government of Venezuela from oppressing its citizens. In the last two days, Venezuelan citizens have taken the streets to protest in a civic and peaceful way and armed groups associated with the government have opened fire at protesters, 3 students were killed yesterday. The government has said that protests can only take place if the government approves the protest. They are also trying to put one of the opposition leaders, Leopoldo Lopez, in jail. Where is democracy? Where is freedom of speech, to protest? Nicolas Maduro has accelerated the path towards a totalitarian state where the government controls everything, no more freedom, no more democracy...