Rafaela Requesens

Rafaela Requesens
Requesens being interviewed in 2018
Born
Rafaela María Requesens Martínez

(1992-06-12) June 12, 1992 (age 32)
Caracas, Venezuela
CitizenshipVenezuela
Spain[1]
Alma materCentral University of Venezuela
FamilyJuan Requesens (brother)

Rafaela Requesens (Spanish pronunciation: [rafajˈela reˈkesens]; born June 12, 1992, in Caracas)[2] is Venezuelan activist and student leader, former president of the Federation of the Students Center of the Central University of Venezuela (FCU–UCV) and an organiser of student protests in Venezuela. She was a prominent figure of the 2017 Venezuelan protests, along with her brother, Juan Requesens, and has since become a prominent democracy activist.

  1. ^ "Llevando comida a El Helicoide al preso 'catalán' de Maduro". El Mundo (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "Rafaela Requesens: De bailarina de flamenco a presidenta de la FCU UCV". contrapunto.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2018.