With many Caracas residents staying at home on Thursday (February 13), there were sporadic student protests around the city. Some students blocked streets and burned tires.<br/> <br />Thousands more protested peacefully in the later part of the day calling on everyone to join them until the government is ousted.<br/> <br />Students were also in the streets in western Andean regions, where there have been violent clashes in recent days.<br/> <br />Coming almost a year after the death of Chavez, the unrest has been the latest demonstration of the OPEC nation's polarization and the mutual mistrust between both political camps.<br/> <br />Wednesday's (February 12) fatalities included two students and a community activist from a militantly pro-government neighborhood in the poor west end of Caracas.<br/> <br />Each side blamed the other in often virulent exchanges via Twitter, the country's preferred social network.
