Draped in the flag of their country 鈥?once the richest and most prosperous in Venezuela 鈥?thousands of Venezuelans continue to pour into the streets, vigorously calling for reigning President Nicolas Maduro to be removed from office.

鈥淭here are about a couple thousands of opposition supporters chanting against Maduro, calling him a usurper, dictator, and murderer, some even chanting the national anthem,鈥?Noris Argotte, a 30-year-old local journalist, told Fox News in a phone interview, speaking from Venezue. 鈥淎s a Venezuelan, I just feel that is our call for freedom, that this is our chance to prove that we need a change, and that our voices should be heard worldwide.鈥?/phelvetica>

With the beat of a drum and despite the early morning rain on Wednesday, protesters marched and shouted, 鈥淲ho are we? Venezuela! What do we want? Freedom!鈥?/phelvetica>

Wednesday also coincided with the 61st anniversary of the 1958 uprising that deposed military dictator Marco Perez Jimenez, a symbolic occasion not lost among those surging through what were traditionally 鈥減ro-Chavista鈥?pockets of the capital, Caracas.

鈥淭hings are getting worse by the day. The division and the violence are escalating to alarming levels,鈥?Argotte said of the current crisis. 鈥淚 feel the mood is set for a change. But it will depend on how able prove the opposition to capitalize the momentum.鈥?/phelvetica>

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