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Venezuelan communists demand justice and end to persecution after party member killed
Grass grows around a mural of the late President Hugo Chavez's in his home state of Barinas, in Barinas, Venezuela, Friday, January 7, 2022

THE Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) has called for urgent investigations and an end to persecution following the “vile and cowardly murder” of party member Jose Urbina.

It offered heartfelt condolences to the family of the slain PCV cadre who was killed in Venezuela’s western Apure State on Sunday.

In a press statement the party denounced what it described as a murder and demanded “immediate and exhaustive investigations” to find the perpetrators of the attack.

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