The students of the Universidad Simon Bolivar, a well-known school with a high reputation in scientific and engineering careers, decided to march to the "Board of Supreme Education" (the goverment entity that regulates universities) to demand that the university's autonomous status be recognized. (an status every university in Venezuela enjoys).
Funded in 1967 as an experimental school, today the USB is one of the most advanced and successful houses of high education in Latin America. However, it has not been granted "autonomy" by the goverment.
Students also protested for those students that have been victims of goverment aggression and for those that have been detained for protesting against the ilegal close of RCTV. The fourth and last demand made by the students was for Freedom of Speech, they asked the goverment to give them space in the goverment controlled TV channels and allied channels so they can voice their concerns and opinions.
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Just found your blog through Julia_1984's. Well done, it's so nice to see photos coming in from Caracas. The US media have done an abysmal job covering it...
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