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.