This article is about the decentralised Venezuelan protest movement. For the libertarian political movement also in Venezuela led by Domingo Alberto Rangel, see Resistencia Civil. For other uses, see Resistencia (disambiguation).
La Resistencia (lit.'Resistance') is a Venezuelan decentralized array of organized groups that confront security forces during protests that aim to defend other protesters from the authorities response. Some former Venezuelan security forces have taught Resistencia members riot formations and other government methods.[1][2]