Editing Molotov cocktail (section)

=== Non-incendiary variants ===
[[File:Puputovs.jpg|thumb|right|Puputovs seen during the [[2017 Venezuelan protests]]]]
During the [[2014–17 Venezuelan protests]], protesters used Molotov cocktails similar to those used by demonstrators in other countries.<ref name=HRWpfp>{{cite web|title=Punished for Protesting|url=https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/venezuela0514_reportcover_web.pdf|publisher=Human Rights Watch|access-date=6 May 2014|archive-date=13 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513223338/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/venezuela0514_reportcover_web.pdf}}</ref> As the [[2017 Venezuelan protests]] intensified, demonstrators began using "Puputovs" (a portmanteau of the words "poo-poo" and "Molotov"), with glass containers filled with excrement being thrown at authorities after the [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]] ruling-party official, [[Jacqueline Faría]], mocked protesters who had to crawl through sewage in [[Caracas]]' [[Guaire River]] to avoid tear gas.<ref name="LNpupu">{{cite news|date=9 May 2017|title=Venezuela: qué son las bombas "puputov" que desde las redes proponen utilizar contra la policía|language=Spanish|work=[[La Nación]]|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/2022124-venezuela-que-son-las-bombas-puputov-que-desde-las-redes-proponen-utilizar-contra-la-policia|access-date=21 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321174157/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/el-mundo/venezuela-que-son-las-bombas-puputov-que-desde-las-redes-proponen-utilizar-contra-la-policia-nid2022124/|archive-date=March 21, 2022}}</ref><ref name="PUPUTOV">{{cite news|date=8 May 2017|title=Las #Puputov son TT… tal vez a Jacqueline Faría le parezca "sabroso"|language=Spanish|work=[[La Patilla]]|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/05/08/las-puputov-son-tt-tal-vez-a-jacqueline-faria-le-parezca-sabroso/|access-date=9 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901224527/https://www.lapatilla.com/2017/05/08/las-puputov-son-tt-tal-vez-a-jacqueline-faria-le-parezca-sabroso/|archive-date=September 1, 2022}}</ref>

On 8 May, the hashtag #puputov became the top trending hashtag on Twitter in Venezuela, as reports of authorities vomiting after being drenched in excrement began to circulate.<ref name="PUPUTOV"/><ref>{{cite news|title=¡LO ÚLTIMO! Manifestantes lanzaron excremento a los PNB y GNB represores y #puputovs se vuelve tendencia|url=https://dolartoday.com/lo-ultimo-manifestantes-lanzaron-excremento-los-pnb-y-gnb-represores-y-puputovs-se-vuelve-tendencia/|access-date=9 May 2017|work=[[DolarToday]]|date=9 May 2017|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927215821/https://dolartoday.com/lo-ultimo-manifestantes-lanzaron-excremento-los-pnb-y-gnb-represores-y-puputovs-se-vuelve-tendencia/|archive-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref> A month later, on 4 June 2017, during [[protests against Donald Trump]] in [[Portland, Oregon]], police claimed protesters began throwing balloons filled with "unknown, foul-smelling liquid" at officers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Portland police close Chapman Square after protesters throw bricks, other items at police|url=http://www.kgw.com/news/local/hundreds-of-pro-trump-protesters-counter-protesters-gather-in-downtown-portland/445721962|access-date=4 June 2017|work=[[KGW]]|date=4 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809204813/http://www.kgw.com/news/local/hundreds-of-pro-trump-protesters-counter-protesters-gather-in-downtown-portland/445721962|archive-date=August 9, 2017}}</ref>