Three Million strong Chavista march shakes Caracas, Venezuela

by Rachhael Boothroyd · 2012-10-06 · first published in Venezuelanalysis · 228 words

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Rachhael Boothroyd

Caracas, October 5 th 2012 ( Venezuelanalysis.com ) – Over three million Chavez supporters flooded the streets of Caracas yesterday to show their support for the re-election of current Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez ahead of the country’s presidential elections on Sunday.

The rally was the final act of the three month long election campaign, and is reported to be the largest to have taken place in the nation’s history, stretching right throughout the seven main avenues of the capital city.

“On Thursday, everybody should be in Caracas, so the city overflows with the Bolivarian avalanche. We are going to fill 7 avenues and more,” said Chavez from a campaign rally in Barinas on Monday.

By 1 pm, over five of the main streets and most of the metro lines were already filled to the brim with noisy and joyous supporters, who chanted, sang, danced and blew horns as they waited for Chavez to arrive. Determined to show their support for the socialist president, many people from the nearby shantytowns surrounding Caracas descended from the hilltops on foot when they proved too numerous for local transport links.