Student march in Carabobo was attacked by pro-government officials

The college students would cross the streets of Valencia in exigency of a right prespuesto (Notitarde)

Valencia. - The march summoned by professors and students of the University of Carabobo, that generally counted on the participation of young people of other institutions of education superior and the civil society, was realised as it were predicted, not without first to face a violent collision militants of the pro-government sector who attacked with stones and fires pyrotechnicses the demonstrators.

The multitudinal long walk gave to beginning to the 10:30 a.m. with its participants shouting slogans in defense of the students, the democracy, the freedom, the university autonomy and a right budget for the national universities.

Adorned with white flannels professors, students and workers of the university sector in the region they crossed the avenue North Bolivar of Valencia, in North-South sense, when they were attacked by a group of people who declared to be militant of the “chavismo”, that to firecrackers and forceful objects sent to them.

The irregular situation happened about 20 minutes after initiate the march, against the commercial center where is the old one soothes of the supermarket Success, located in the sector the Ceiba. Many people ran to the interior of mall and in the people explosion some crystals of establishments were broken.

The student, Mauro Montero, associate to the presidency of the FCU-UC informed that marched pacifically they had to act to defend itself. “Although the march is pacific we could not leave attacked to us, especially to the young people and women who are here”; it said.

Although effective of the National Guard they were in the neighborhood of the place of the confrontation did not act against the aggressors.

In the facts a motorcycle was burned.

After the disadvantage the march continued its route without more misfortunes until arriving at the Sucre place in the central helmet of the city where several student leaders will deliver speeches past the noon. The student leader Luis Magallanes, indicated that another objective of the manifestation is to demand the solution of the problems that face the citizens and who are related to the rationing of the services of electricity and potable water.

Marianela Rodriguez
SPECIAL FOR THE UNIVERSAL ONE