[Venezuela] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. On 3 April 2025, residents of the Rodriguez Dominguez urbanization in Barinas, Venezuela, staged a peaceful protest demanding restoration of water services that have been disrupted for one month. The demonstration occurred at a local pre-school facility and was classified as 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 infrastructure disruptions spread beyond the immediate area.

Watch points

• Monitor for expansion of utility disruptions beyond Barinas or similar infrastructure protests in other Venezuelan cities
• Track any escalation from peaceful demonstration to more disruptive protest activities that could affect regional operations