"Who are we? Venezuela! What do we want? Freedom!"
"I refuse to live in a country without freedom of expression, said Angel Gutierrez, a literature student who was one of hundreds to attend the peaceful march a public show of dissent unthinkable just a few weeks ago, before US special forces seized Venezuela's 63-year-old dictator. As the crowd grew, 27-year-old Gutierrez complained that throughout his entire adult life the will of the people had been ignored. I'm here because I refuse to continue to accept my country carrying on under these conditions A young person without hope is dead, he said."
"It's incredible that we are back in the streets. They should know that they will never silence us, said John Perez, an international relations student, who joined the march in Venezuela's capital."
Students and citizens staged protests across Venezuelan cities demanding the release of political prisoners, the return of exiled activists and a full transition to democracy following the seizure of Nicolas Maduro. Demonstrations gathered at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas and in Barquisimeto, Ciudad Guayana, Maracaibo and Merida. Television networks including Venevision publicly covered student-led marches. Protesters voiced refusal to accept repression and loss of freedom of expression, and celebrated returning to public streets after an authoritarian era. Maduro's regime remains partly intact under vice-president Delcy Rodriguez, but new leaders have conceded on several issues.
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