Students will remain in the streets despite military repression

"There is mourning here, instead of carnival!" cried out on Thursday a crowd attending a rally convened by the student movement. However, it was not a cry consistent with the time; also, the promise to join students was voiced.

"No carnival for anybody here; we will continue in the streets. On Sunday, we will walk up to Brión square (eastern Caracas)," exclaimed Juan Requesens, the president of the Federation of Student Councils, Central University of Venezuela (UCV). Earlier, he had said once again that students will keep up demonstrating as long as all students are released and justice is administered.

Requesens sent President Nicolás Maduro a message: "You have our numbers. Dialogue means facts; release our classmates."

Source: El; Universal
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Students to demonstrate in Venezuela on March 2nd

Referring to the National Peace Conference hosted by the Venezuelan government and held on Wednesday evening, the students said such dialogue should be held with the people in the streets.

A mass demonstration led by students and citizens took place on Thursday in east Caracas to reject violence, student detentions and torture, and shortage in Venezuela.
Student leader Juan Requesens convened a rally next Sunday, in different areas of Caracas.


Referring to the National Peace Conference hosted by the Venezuelan government and held on Wednesday evening, the students said such dialogue should be held with the people in the streets and oriented to solve the problems of the country, with the government listening to its people.

Source: El Universal

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European Commission "alarmed" about detention of students in Venezuela

The Commission rejected the detention of dissenters, and called for the end of violence in Venezuela.

The European Commission on Thursday called for the immediate end of violence in Venezuela and said it was alarmed about the detention of students and opposition leaders during demonstrations in recent weeks.


"We reject all acts of violence and intolerance from all sides," remarked Algirdas Semeta, a representative of the European Commission before the European Parliament. He added that "nobody should be detained for exercising their rights to freedom of speech and assembly," AFP reported.

Source: El Universal
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Maduro: Students' reply to the call for dialogue was aggressive

"We will designate a flexible, promoting team of open doors, not at all sectarian or closed"

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro chaired on Friday a roundtable within the framework of the Peace Conference, an initiative implemented last Wednesday. He reasserted his call to the student movement for rapport.

"I called upon the right-wing student movement. (...) I received the reply of some of them yesterday (Thursday). It is a very aggressive, violent wording, more than before. The answer was very bad; they have bad advisors; who knows? I keep on calling upon them in whatever form they want to attend." Maduro noted that students could meet with him, with Vice-President Jorge Arreaza, or in the context of the Peace Conference.

During the meeting, Maduro appointed a promotion and coordination team "for things not to remain in the air, not to be lost." He announced the set up of peace conferences in the province. "It will be as ample as possible in the states of Táchira, Mérida and Miranda."

Maduro praised the message to Venezuela by Pope Francis: "His message to Venezuela is perfect; we fully welcome it."

"We will designate a flexible, promoting team of open doors, not at all sectarian or closed."

Calling Henrique Capriles


Maduro reaffirmed his invitation to opposition leader Henrique Capriles to join the National Peace Conference. "I keep my call to Miranda state government; I suggested a meeting with state governors of Lara, Amazonas," he said at Miraflores presidential palace, before an audience including top authorities of the government branches.

Source: El Universal

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Why Donors Just Spent $25 Million To Support Undocumented Students

A former Washington Post owner, a former Secretary of Commerce, and a philanthropist are just a few of the donors who have launched a $25 million college scholarship fund on Tuesday to ensure that at least 2,500 youths can afford college for the next decade. The prerequisite? The youths have to be undocumented and must have been approved for a 2012 presidential initiative, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which granted temporary work authorization and legal presence.
The scholarships, accessible through TheDream.us website, help to fund undocumented youths who are “not eligible to apply for federal financial aid to support a college education” for 12 institutions of higher learning. Due to their legal status, undocumented immigrants are allowed to attend college, but ineligible for any federal and most state sources of aid. Many other scholarships require applicants to be legal immigrants or U.S. citizens. In at least six states, undocumented students are explicitly prohibited from receiving in-state tuition or even enrolling at public institutions. This TheDream.us scholarship would thus give undocumented students more access to the same opportunities as lawful residents.
Scholarships range between $12,000 to $25,000 per year and provide 100 percent funding for tuition, fees, and books. According to the website, students must maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA and are eligible for an additional $1,000 to $2,000 honors award if they graduate with a GPA of 3.5 or greater.
The partner colleges are located in California, Florida, New York, Texas, and Washington, D.C.
The multi-state fund is one of the largest offered to undocumented students, who are generally unable to shoulder the cost of a higher education due to financial or legal constraints. As it stands, only five to ten percent of undocumented high school graduates pursue a college education. So far, there are a handful of scholarships, but those are limited to students at a particular location — most recently, the University of California system committed a $5 million scholarship fund to undocumented students. Educators at a Brooklyn high school also set up a fund for their students, but they still have not met their $40,000 goal to provide scholarships, which range between $1,000 to $20,000.
According to the College Board, the annual average cost of tuition and fees is $9,037 for a public four-year college in California, $6,336 in Florida, $6,919 in New York, $8,522 in Texas, and $7,255 in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, the income for an undocumented immigrant generally hovers at $36,000. California, Texas, New Mexico, and Minnesota are the only states that allow undocumented immigrants to apply for financial aid.

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