[Venezuela] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. University workers in Maracaibo, Venezuela staged a peaceful protest on April 3, 2025, cooking soup in the rector's office basement to highlight inadequate wages. The demonstration reflects ongoing economic pressures but remains localized with low severity.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates and whether labor unrest spreads to other sectors.

Watch points

• Monitor for expansion of labor protests beyond the university sector to oil industry workers or port operations in the Maracaibo basin
• Track government response to union demands, particularly regarding tax policy changes that could affect broader economic conditions