Wow. Massive crowds for Capriles in Maturín, Cumaná and Aragua.

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Cumaná:



Maturín



Aragua

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1. Maracaibo (El Zulianazo!)

This could be a regular sight from now until Oct. 7th.

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2. Cristóbal Rojas (Barinas):

The quality is crap, sorry: http://www.globovision.com/envivo.htm



There were better shots but I can't be bothered to try to get one because I'm sure the pictures will be posted later today.

LOL, OK, I couldn't help myself, the crowd went nuts when he put this hat on:

"Este es el estado donde hay la mayor pobreza de Venezuela, una gran contradicción porque esta es la tierra natal de quien ha tenido el poder durante los últimos 14 años."

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3. San Cristóbal (Táchira)

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4. Barcelona (Anzoátegui)

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5. Calabozo (Guárico)

(Better pictures of the crowds but I liked this one the most.)

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6. San Felipe (Yaracuy)

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8. Tucacas (Falcon)

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9. Valencia (Carabobo)

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10. Barquisimeto (Lara)

[Marooned]

11. He seems to have a lot of support

and I'm guessing he has a very good chance of winning. My only worry should he win is that he wouldn't live to take office. After all these years of entrenched corruption I'm sure a lot of the current government would be willing to take action to make sure the gravy train isn't stopped.

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12. He has a very little chance of winning, actually.

While he's been focusing on the big cities lately (where most of the poor live) he hasn't gone to the rural areas where Chavez gets 100% of the vote in some cases. There's also a concern that the electronic voting machines, utilizing "ghost votes" will kill any chance Capriles has at a win (the 2004 recall was dubious at best).

What's clear by these photos is that Capriles is very very popular and loved by many Venezuelans, not just the rich, but across all demographics. This makes chavista's quake in their boots. However, if they can utilize the "ghost" votes it won't matter so much. This is why it's paramount for Capriles' campaign to have observers at every single polling station so the ghost votes cannot exist.

[ChangoLoa]

14. It's starting to change...

And rural population is just about 5-10% of the total Venezuelan population, so not an important vote.

[MADem]

21. If his opponent is a ghost by the time the election rolls around, he might have a chance.

A substitute for Chavez won't cut it--that's a cult of personality.

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22. .

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[ChangoLoa]

13. A Chavez party militant already tried to shoot him. He got a kid of another opposition leader in the

arm. It was filmed, the shooter was identified but guess what? He's still free during his trial...

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15. Venezuela must be the richest country on earth.. millions of oligarchs!

Strange to see them in poor neighborhoods and slums...

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16. Santa Elena de Uairén (Bolívar)

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17. San Rafael de El Moján (Zulia)

Merecemos un país en el que tengamos posibilidad de tener una vivienda, empleos, escuelas y servicios públicos con calidad — at San Rafael de El Moján, estado Zulia

Translation: We deserve a country where there exist the possibility to have a home, jobs, schools and quality public services — at San Rafael de El Moján, Zulia state

The words of a fascist right wing oligarch, no doubt.

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18. Soledad (Anzoátegui)

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19. El Tigre (Anzoátegui)

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20. Mérida (Mérida)

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23. Virgen de Regla en Tovar (Merida)

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24. Guasdualito (Apure)

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25. Barinitas (Barinas)

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26. El Corozo (Barinas)

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27. Socopó (Barinas)

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28. La Vega (Caracas)

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29. Maturín y El Corozo (Monagas)

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30. Punta De Mata (Monagas) Wow...

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31. Tinaquillo (Cojedes)

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32. Puerto Cabello (Carabobo)

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Not sure which city this is, I'm thinking Guacara.

edit: it's Puerto Cabello, HCR gave a speech there talking about how rather than being an import port it'd be an export port.

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33. Caracas

edit: the other image was small for some reason... found a different one

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34. San Juan de Colón (Tachira)

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35. Turen (Portuguese)

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36. Acarigua (Portuguesa)

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37. Quibor (Lara)

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38. Haven't updated in while, but this has been near daily: Ciudad Bolívar (Bolívar)

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39. Meanwhile Capriles has made inroads in Trujillo (core chavista territory):

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40. Capriles has them scrambling, it's awesome.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=475146185843182&id=144834455541025

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41. Guárico

Not sure where in Guárico this is.

These photos are posted daily from Capriles intense campaign around Venezuela, state to state, city to city, house to house. It's pretty amazing what he's accomplishing.

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42. Nueva Esparta

Going on hiatus. See ya'll O7.