 In the days leading up to the decision, students from different universities around the country had already begun to gather in their campuses in protest.They believed that without RCTV, the people would be left without an objective source of information, since all other private channels had made treaties with the government about what to broadcast.On the day the announcement was made, student protests were violently broken up by the National Guard using teargas and blank rifle shots, while some students that protested were even shot at with live ammunition by Chávez supporters.