Charlottesville

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has slammed the major damage caused to Venezuela over recent months of opposition violence, comparing the right-wing protesters to the white supremacists in the United States who organised violent and deadly protests 聽in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12.

Speaking at a media conference on August 22, Maduro deplored how 鈥渇ascist groups鈥 attacked people based on their observable ethnic characteristics 鈥 in the United States and Venezuela.

Democracy Now!'s show on August 14 takes an in-depth look at聽the "Unite the Right" white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12 that erupted into violence, resulting in three deaths.