A group of students protested all over the subway stations of the city of Caracas. They walked in complete silence wearing signs with messages such as " We apologize for the inconveniences. We are currently working for your freedom", "Peace", "Justice", "Freedom of Speech"....
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ah por cierto... yo desde hace ya algunos meses estoy haciendo lo mismo que vos
When one voice is silenced, we all become mute. When one thought is eliminated, we all lose some awareness. And when a space for the expression of ideas becomes closed, we all become trapped in the dungeons of dictatorship. The authoritarian populism of Venezuela strives to convert all of the people of Latin America into silent citizens, and we cannot permit this.
Latin America’s common enemies are poverty, inequality and exclusion — not dissident thought. Hunger is not fought by silencing critics. Unemployment does not disappear by exiling those who think differently. We cannot have bread without liberty. We cannot have nations without democracy.
My last comments belong to
Alejandro Toledo, the president of Peru from 2001 to 2006, who is a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and the president of the Center for Democracy and Development in Latin America in Lima, Peru.
I failed to properly quote him!
¡Mis appoligies!
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