Students rally against constitutional reform in the countryside in Venezuela
Students staged a number of demonstrations throughout Venezuela
to reject the changes to the Constitution proposed by President
Hugo Chávez and endorsed by the National Assembly.
In San Cristóbal, southwestern Táchira state, university
students marched to the courthouse, where they read a manifesto
asking for the suspension of December 2 referendum on the constitutional
reform, local TV channel Globovisión reported.
In eastern Anzoátegui state, students staged two marches
to the courthouse in Barcelona town. There, they rebutted President
Chávez' intended modification of the Constitution, and
requested adjournment of the related referendum.
In Barquisimeto town, northwestern Lara state, higher education
students rallied to repudiate the draft constitutional reform.
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