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The Guardian - UK
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Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro and María de los Ángeles Graterol in Caracas

‘Big step forwards’: emboldened activists take to the streets of Venezuela

People on the streets holding up signs and singing
People take part in a rally to call for the release of political prisoners in Caracas, Venezuela. Photograph: Maxwell Briceno/Reuters

Protesters have taken to the streets of cities across Venezuela in the latest sign of an embryonic political shift after Nicolás Maduro’s recent downfall.

Student demonstrators gathered on the campus of the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas on Thursday to demand the release of all of the country’s political prisoners, the return of exiled activists and a full transition to democracy. “Who are we? Venezuela! What do we want? Freedom!” they shouted.

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