Green Cross Volunteer Medics, on the Frontline of Venezuela’s Protestsbr JUNE 9, 2017br Federica Davila, a medical student who helped found the Green Cross, said demonstrators surroundbr the volunteers before every protest, singing and praying over them for protection.br "Each leader of the group has a flag, and we wave it so people can see where we are if they need medical attention." The groupbr doesn’t align with a particular political party, though some of the authorities see them as part of the protest movement.br Davila said that and evbr JUNE 13, 2017br Video showed Green Cross volunteers crowding around the injured teenager, Neomar Lander, 17, and carrying him out of the worst of the fighting.