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 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - It could be the birth of a new opposition movement in Venezuela: Thousands of university students — their hands painted white as a symbol of nonviolence — returned to the streets Monday, keeping up a week of protests against President Hugo Chavez's decision to force a popular TV station off the air.
Unlike earlier protests by opposition parties, the student marches have been dominated by a new generation of Venezuelans taking to the streets for the first time by the thousands in a coordinated challenge to Chavez.
"The great achievement is to have awakened the students," said protest organizer Yon Goicoechea while other students prepared for a march by painting their faces yellow, blue and red — the colors of the Venezuelan flag.
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