risk tolerances?Civil unrest is always cause for concern. However, this uprising seems to be directed towards gov't corruption. It is my understanding that the president was in the habit of confiscating businesses, and replacing family members as the new owners. I don't know know how true that is; but that, together with lack of employment for the young people appears to be at the core of the upheaval. As an investor, one would naturally be overly sensitive to anything that negatively affects the perceived value of the investment; but everything considered the protest appears to have a valid basis. One must then look at his own particular case and try to establish their own risk tolerance and buy or sell accordingly.
However I can say this; a number of years ago CXY attrached my attention as a potential investment because of strife in Yemen had caused the share price to drop from $29 to $22 or some such drop, and I thought if it dropped another $ I would buy. Well, the revolt was short-lived, the share price went up and I never did buy CXY. I think they're still in Yemen.
This unrest is of concern; but more important are the well results. The risk tolerance, only the individual can judge and should not be the result of mass panic.