Marianna Parraga’s blow-by-blow account (literally!) of Chávez’s campaign caravana in Zulia’s Costa Oriental del Lago is well worth a read:
Cuarta estación: Edecanes se desmayan a ritmo de golpe llanero. Humo, calor y tángana. Se llevan medio desmayado al primero de los edecanes, que había estado impidiendo la ruptura del anillo de seguridad. “Yo les dije que 900 metros eran demasiado por esta avenida”, dice jadeante otro de los efectivos de seguridad. Obviamente no le hicieron caso. Ruego a Dios porque este otro, que ha estado llevando parte de los codazos que era para mí, no se desmaye también. Las entrevistas de VTV continúan como si nada. Desde una nueva tarima suena un reguetoncito. El líder de la banda pide calma a la turba.
Read the whole thing.
Excellent.
I enjoyed reading her account! It was very entertaining – I could really “feel her pain” ;-)
Cort Green speaking jibber jabber in 3 comments, 2 comments, one comment…
OT: As I writing this, Globovision is reporting how the election is starting in Australia. Thanks, Skype for existing and for those Venezuelans down under, thanks for voting.
Y dale con los papelitos! That’s probably the most blatant evidence of the failure of this so-called “democracia participativa”. The blob had 14 years to build a real “democracia participativa”, but he built a cult of personality instead. People are not empowered. They are as helpless as ever, hoping for a miracle from San Chávez. Instead of citizens demanding accountability we have beggars asking for charity. Sad…
Jesus that’s one gross personality cult. I’m surprised they don’t just rip his clothes off a-la-Ayatollah and build an altar to each prenda.
That account does not spell good luck for Capriles…
Can/wlll you expand what you’ve expressed here?
*will*