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Venezuelan students continue protests against TV
station closure
Venezuelan students took to the streets of this
capital Wednesday for the third consecutive day,
marching in protest against Sunday's closure of
Radio Caracas Television (RCTV).
The protestors demanded the People's Ombudsman
secure the immediate release of 182 students
arrested during previous protests in Caracas and
other cities. Riot squads from the Metropolitan
Police and National Guard officers watched the
large demonstration.
The students rallied in Brion Square in the
southern Caracas neighborhood of Chacaito.
At the same time, groups of students who backed
the closure of RCTV staged a counter
demonstration in front of the National
Experimental Armed Forces University.
On air since 1953, RCTV was shut down Sunday
night when its license expired. The government
had refused to renew the license, saying the
channel had backed a 2002 coup against
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, which kept him
out of power for 48 hours.
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