“POOPOOTOV COCKTAIL”
“The kids go out with just stones. That’s their weapon. Now they have another weapon: excrement,” said a 51-year-old dentist preparing containers of feces in her home for protesters to launch at authorities.
“One of my patients is collecting excrement from her child,” said the dentist, who asked not to be identified.
Messages have been going viral on Venezuelan WhatsApp groups giving step-by-step instructions and advice on putting together the Poopootov cocktails.
Some insist on avoiding glass containers to ensure that the projectiles only humiliate troops rather than injure them.
“The use of excrement is not only an act of desperation, it’s madness,” said pro-government TV personality Mario Silva on Twitter.
With opposition leaders looking to bring frontline government forces onside, given they too suffer from the country’s crisis, the strategy may backfire.
Many are thought to sympathize with protesters’ complaints about the economic situation but do not speak out for fear of retaliation by authorities.
