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Venezuelans join "No More Chávez" global protest

Roderick Navarro, the coordinator of the Presidency of the Federation of Students’ Council (FCU) at the Central University of Venezuela, said that the rally in Caracas and in the Venezuelan provinces began at 9:00 a.m.

A crowd gathered at the Parque Cristal center in Caracas (Handout Photo: Daniel Umaña)

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A great number of Venezuelans shouted slogans, carried banners and wore white T-shirts to join the "No More Chávez" global rally which is held in the Parque Cristal building and was convened through social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

Roderick Navarro, the coordinator of the Presidency of the Federation of Students' Council (FCU) at the Central University of Venezuela, said that the rally in Caracas and in the Venezuelan provinces began at 9:00 a.m.

"We have received reports from students of the Federation of Students' Council at the University of Zulia; the Lisandro Alvarado University, in the city of Barquisimeto; and from the University of The Andes, in the city of Mérida," Navarro said in an interview to El Universal.

The student leader explained that they "began to receive messages since early hours, through Facebook and Twitter, from all over the world. They say that people are already gathered in a peaceful protest."


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