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Francisco Cervelli joins Venezuelan protests and pleads with others to do the same

PHOENIX — Revolution reached PNC Park last weekend when Felipe Rivero unfurled a Venezuelan flag he had ordered on Amazon and stretched it across an empty locker beside his in the clubhouse. With a silver marker, Rivero spelled out a message he planned to share with the world. He wrote it on the back of his Pirates cap. Francisco Cervelli wrote it on his eye black.

S.O.S. VENEZUELA

For more than a month, protesters have swarmed streets throughout Venezuela demanding president Nicolas Madura, the successor of Hugo Chavez, be removed from power. The country is in economic crisis.