Defiant, Venezuela's Chavez Dismisses Vote Campaign [Full Text] Salsa music, whistles and drums echoed over a sea of red banners as Chavez sympathizers jammed a Caracas avenue to celebrate the halfway mark of his six-year mandate and reject an opposition bid to unseat him at the ballot box. "The opposition talks about a referendum, but they don't really want one. It's a trick, because they know if there is one we'll crush them," Chavez roared from a stage.
I went to a Citgo gas station in Miami (Calle ocho area). There was pro-Hugo propaganda in this Chavez owned station.