Politics
Some 25 students were expelled from Bolívar Square, downtown Caracas, by members of ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) who threw bottles and stones at them. 

The students went to the main Caracas square to lay a wreath at the statue of Liberator Simón Bolívar, on the occasion of the anniversary of his death.

David Smolanski, a student leader of Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB), told El Universal, that a group of members of the ruling party began to hurl bottles and stones at them and insulted them.

"We were attacked. They destroyed a wreath that we carried. They pushed a girl and injured a student in his lips. It was just a brawl but we categorically reject this act of violence."

Smolanski said that their action was peaceful and without proselytizing. He said that thanks to officials of Libertador mayoralty there were no further consequences since they sheltered at its premises.

Translated by Gerardo Cárdenas

Carolina Contreras
EL UNIVERSAL