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Hugo Chavez's Opponent Plans Major Caracas Rally, Opposition Strength May be Growing (Translation)
El Universal ( Caracas ) ^
| October 2, 2006
| Pedro Pablo PeƱaloza ( translated by self )
Posted on 10/02/2006 4:14:13 PM PDT by StJacques
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Beyond the dramatic surge of Rosales in recent public opinion polls, see
this thread (especially the comments) for more, there is evidence surfacing that Rosales is beginning to attract large crowds in his campaign appearances. In a just-concluded campaign swing through the interior of the country, the crowds greeting Rosales were large enough for the
El Universal newspaper in Caracas to report the statement of a Rosales campaign leader that
the turnout was "truly torrential."
This is the current framework within which we are looking at the major event Rosales has scheduled to be held in Caracas, which is Hugo Chavez's center of support, this weekend. By using the term "Caracas Avalanche," the Rosales campaign is taking the risk of not performing up to expectations. But it may be that Rosales is attempting to schedule an event whose turnout cannot be kept from the news media. In his recent campaign swing in the interior,
Chavez supporters violently attacked television reporters and either damaged or destroyed their video cameras, thus preventing full circulation of the visual images of the crowds meeting Rosales as he worked his way through some of the poorer sections of an interior city.
We will have to wait and see whether Rosales is able to show some political muscle on Chavez's home turf. If he succeeds this Saturday, it could potentially change the entire dynamic of the campaign.
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posted on
10/02/2006 4:14:15 PM PDT
by
StJacques
To: Alia; livius; proud_yank; Kenny Bunk; Founding Father; Kitten Festival; chilepepper; Fiddlstix; ...
A Latin American Left Watch ping for you all.
Anyone wishing to be included on the ping list may either ping me from this thread or contact me via Freepmail.
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posted on
10/02/2006 4:14:55 PM PDT
by
StJacques
(Liberty is always unfinished business)
To: StJacques
Rosales is saying Chavez will turn Vz communist. Apparently, a lot of locals in Caracas seem to agree with him, the more he says it, the bigger the crowds grow.
To: Admin Moderator
May I request that you edit the title of this thread? I changed it from its original title when the validation routine informed me that it was too long and I did not proofread it very well.
I would like to request the following change:
"Hugo Chavez's Opponent Plans Major Caracas Rally, Opposition Strength Growing? (Translation)
I left out the word "Rally" from the title.
Thank you.
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posted on
10/02/2006 4:18:14 PM PDT
by
StJacques
(Liberty is always unfinished business)
To: StJacques
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posted on
10/02/2006 4:18:25 PM PDT
by
restornu
(Elevate Your Thoughts! Will I accept of an offering, saith the Lord, that is not made in my name?)
To: Admin Moderator
Thank you very much for the edit.
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posted on
10/02/2006 4:25:52 PM PDT
by
StJacques
(Liberty is always unfinished business)
To: Kitten Festival
I worry for this man's future health.
However, any ground Chavez loses, Jimmy Carter will show up to validate the election and certify Chavez the winner. Remember one group of electronic voting machines used in our country are made in Venezuela and have no paper trail and can be programed anyway deemed necessary...
To: Arizona Carolyn
I worry for the health of anyone and everyone that's anti-Chavez, and I'm not sure if it's really very smart to have these rallies with large numbers of people anywhere! This is extremely risky to do this.
To: Arizona Carolyn
>I worry for this man's future health.
Right. There will large and violent protests enginerred against him.
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posted on
10/02/2006 4:39:04 PM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: StJacques
Thanks for the ping. A little background:
Rosales claims to be ahead in the polls in his home state of Zulia, Venezuela's most populous state. Zulia is in the heart of Venezuelan oil country. The oil workers don't much like Chavez or his anti-PDVSA (Venezuelan state oil company) policies.
To: conservative in nyc
"Rosales claims to be ahead in the polls in his home state of Zulia, Venezuela's most populous state. . . ."
And I am solidly convinced this is true. Zulia is the one Venezuelan state in which neither the state legislature nor the Governor's chair is held by Chavistas.
We actually could have something to get excited about in the near future. Saturday could change a lot of things in Venezuela.
Of course, if Arizona Carolyn is right, the big change may be that Chavez decides to take Rosales out.
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posted on
10/02/2006 4:46:42 PM PDT
by
StJacques
(Liberty is always unfinished business)
To: StJacques
According to
Wikipedia, Zulia has a weird political system where if the governor is from one party, the other party controls municipal government, which leads to competition to do things better (or sometimes spend more on pork barrel projects). People are moving to its largest city, Maracaibo, even from Caracas.
I'd expect a fairly large turnout in Caracas for Rosales - he claims to be leading in some outlying areas of Greater Caracas.
To: conservative in nyc
"I'd expect a fairly large turnout in Caracas for Rosales - he claims to be leading in some outlying areas of Greater Caracas."
Oh how I hope you are right conservative. I am going to make a point of watching Univision's Ultima Hora news Saturday evening. They have been paying a lot of attention to Rosales lately and if he gets a good turnout, it'll be front and center.
One way or another, I'll let the board know.
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posted on
10/02/2006 5:01:34 PM PDT
by
StJacques
(Liberty is always unfinished business)
To: StJacques
"...the Venezuelan state of Zulia, located in the northwestern portion of the country,... Is that area sort of like Nordeste Brasil, which is very conservative? The folks from there start businesses here.
I heard Miss Venezuela is very cute. How about a picture?
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posted on
10/02/2006 5:08:52 PM PDT
by
BobS
To: StJacques
Hey, off topic a bit, but what do you think the chances of Lula losing to Alckmin are given the corruption scandal in Brazil?
Can this Daniela Cicarelli making-love-in-the-sea video phenomenon actually affect the election by distracting Brazilians from the scandal? My impression is that it has, superceding it as "the big story".
My impression is that Alckmin would be much more forceful in fighting the Chavez aims for South America, but maybe Lula has learned that the United States really is a better friend than Chavez.
Back to the topic, thanks again for translating and posting! Rosales may not be a conservative, but he's plainly light years upon light years better than the alternative... although I wonder how much he feels like he has to cast what conservative aspects of his program it does possess in populist, even leftist terms in order to sell them to the populace.
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posted on
10/02/2006 5:21:34 PM PDT
by
mjolnir
("All great change in America begins at the dinner table.")
To: StJacques
Miss Venezuela.
Tell her to get you a beer during a football game. You might learn what a frying pan is:)
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posted on
10/02/2006 5:27:14 PM PDT
by
BobS
To: Kitten Festival
We gotta find a way to do away with Mr. Chavez without doing away with him, if you catch my drift.
I hope Mr. Rosales is getting a bit of "active" encouragement from Michael Hayden and his boys.
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posted on
10/02/2006 5:27:42 PM PDT
by
HardStarboard
(Hey, march some more - its helping get the wall built!)
To: StJacques
If Chavez were to lose the election, he'd probably get Jimmy Carter to fly down to Caracas and have him certify the election as a fraud so he could retain power. How far from the truth is that possiblity?
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posted on
10/02/2006 5:33:43 PM PDT
by
The South Texan
(The Democrat Party and the leftist (ABCCBSNBCCNN NYLATIMES)media are a criminal enterprise!)
To: StJacques
The latest estimate from the Economist suggests 30% of Venezeulans are living below the poverty line. This is not improving, meanwhile, Chavez is giving out handouts for political reasons and not actually helping his people.
Yes, I'd say he's dancing with death.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
10/02/2006 5:34:50 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: StJacques
Hugo Chavez---The South American proponent of Narcissism-Leninism.
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posted on
10/02/2006 5:36:11 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
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