Opposition university strike, fresh street violence

Pro-opposition university authorities and lecturers largely closed 18 of Venezuela’s 61 universities last week. The strike was part of a protest that coincided with fresh incidents of street violence, including an attack on the youth wing of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, writes Ewan Robertson for http://venezuelanalysis.com.

Earlier this week the Venezuelan Federation of University Professor Associations, or FAPUV, ordered the one-day strike at the country’s autonomous and private universities. The country’s remaining 43 universities, many private or state run, stayed open.

Marches and other demonstrations by pro-opposition lecturers and students marked the strike. Keta Stephany, a FAPUV representative, argued to the press that the purpose of the strike was to demand the release of students arrested in connection with on-going opposition unrest in the country.
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