Students opposed to the reforms held protests including a crowd that formed a human chain along a Caracas freeway ...
CARACAS, Venezuela, nov. 14 (UPI) -- Students from different universities protested this Wednesday forming a human chain along a freeway in Caracas. The chain spread over hundreds of blocks and every 5 meters a student held a poster with an article of the reform and its future consequences and implications.
Alexis Cabrera, president of the student center of Universidad Simón Bolívar said that more than protesting the objective was to inform about the reform and how it would affect the lives af all Venezuelans. Angel López, member of the Secretary´s office of the student center of Universidad Simón Bolívar stated that more than calling citizens to vote against the reform, they want them to be informed of the implications. He added that they did not want to close the freeway or obstruct traffic in no way. He mentioned that the autonomy national universities have at the moment is in danger and that is why people have to know in detail about the articles being reformed.
In this protest there were students from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Metropolitana, Santa María, Humboldt, Monteavila, among others. Students from Universidad Central de Venezuela did not participate as they will have student elections next Friday. Read more here.
6 comments:
Hi Berta,
Congratulations for this excellent blog! Your students must be happy working with it, and you giving them a chance to be updated and not to miss their work. That's great.
Keep up with the group work.
Hi Nahir, thanks for visiting.
Nahir is an EFL colleague from UPEL, here in Caracas, who is also interested in the use of technology for educational purposes. Best regards.
Hi teacher. Me encantó este artículo. Yo estoy totalmente de acuerdo con lo que se realizó el miércoles, y siempre que puedo acudó a las protestas. Me gustaría saber que apina usted, si no es molestia, acerca de estas manifestaciones y en el modo en que los estudiantes estamos actuando.
Gracias prof. Giovanna Daza sec 8.
es importante que tomemos conciencia de la situacion y salgamos a la calle a protestar pacificamente como señal para demostrar nuestra nsatisfaccion hacia la reforma que se quiere implantar.......
Gabriel....
Hello Berta and students,
What a nice blog you have here!!I am Hala, an EFL teacher From Sudan and a friend of your teacher Berta.
You are lucky to have Berta as your teacher.Work ahrd with blogs as it is indeed a rewarding experience.
I think that they are right, is not just about try to convence people to vote NO. The important thing in here is to informe the people about the reform, in that way they'll know the posibles consequences of the changes that the reform propose, so the people could have their own opinion about it.
RODNI GONZALEZ
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