Venezuelan Opposition Militants in Fresh Attack on Universities, Public Property

Venezuelan Opposition Militants in Fresh Attack on Universities, Public Property
By Ewan Robertson

Mérida, 6th May 2014 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – A wave of small opposition protests and violent actions took place in five regional states yesterday, resulting in damages to universities and public property.

The toll left by the day included damages to two universities and the burning of several vehicles, among them a state oil company truck, a National Guard van, and a publically owned bus.

The actions, apparently led by pro-opposition youth groups, appear designed to prevent universities from returning to class, and to maintain a climate of protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

A wave of opposition protests, riots and street barricades were unleashed in early February after hard-line opposition leaders called for resistance to the Maduro government in a strategy called “The Exit”.

While the mainly middle-class protests exhibited grievances over economic problems and high crime, many protest leaders and street barricaders called for the president’s resignation and a political “transition”.

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