UCV workers and students will march to Miraflores this #9Apr to demand salary improvements
Workers and students of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) returned to the streets this Wednesday for the fourth time this year to demand salary improvements and called for a next march, on April 9, towards the Executive headquarters in Caracas. "We take this opportunity to invite all of Venezuela this April 9 to march towards Caracas, via Miraflores (Executive headquarters), to ask for a response from the brothers (Delcy and Jorge) Rodríguez, where is the money of all Venezuelans," said José Patines, general secretary of the Chancellery union, to the media.
TL;DR
- UCV workers and students protested for better salaries and living conditions.
- A new march is scheduled for April 9 towards the Executive headquarters in Caracas.
- The current minimum wage is 130 bolivars ($0.28 monthly), unchanged for four years.
- The cost of basic food for a family in February was $645.60.
- Venezuela experienced 51.9% inflation in the first two months of 2026.