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Ghost Dog

(16,881 posts)
Sat Mar 9, 2019, 04:41 AM Mar 2019

Guaido, man of the people, responded to the blackout:

... In the upscale Caracas neighbourhood of Los Palos Grandes, several hundred people gathered for an opposition rally where Guaido spoke.

“Everyone is hoping that with Guaido, the country will go back to being normal,” said Yamila Oliveros, a 53-year-old architect. “That’s all a person wants, to live normally. That when I open the tap, water comes out. That when I flip the light switch, the lights come on.”...

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-venezuela-blackout/venezuela-power-flickers-after-worst-blackout-in-decades-idUKKCN1QP1B2

Los Palos Grandes is a residential, tourist and financial district located in the Chacao Municipality in east Caracas, served by the Caracas Metro through the Miranda station of line 1.

This neighborhood constitutes a touristic spot of the city thanks to its large number of restaurants, cafés and recreational places, standing out, the East Park and the Los Palos Grandes square with its reading room. This neighborhood also is part of the Financial District of Caracas, hosting several office buildings like Parque Cristal complex. This part of Caracas hosts the embassys of the United Nations, Uruguay, Ecuador and Dominican Republic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Palos_Grandes

Los Palos Grandes:



Elsewhere in Caracas (where Guaidó is unlikely to make any appearances):

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Guaido, man of the people, responded to the blackout: (Original Post) Ghost Dog Mar 2019 OP
To how many political rallies have you been? DetlefK Mar 2019 #1
True atreides1 Mar 2019 #2
There would appear to be plenty of streets in, let's say less-salubrious, Caracas Ghost Dog Mar 2019 #3

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
1. To how many political rallies have you been?
Sat Mar 9, 2019, 06:03 AM
Mar 2019

Look at the neighborhood in the lower photo.

Try to find in that kind of area a space that is big enough to hold hundreds of people, plus protest-signs, plus enough spare space to let people walk in and out, plus enough spare space so you can adress the crowd in a speech.

 

Ghost Dog

(16,881 posts)
3. There would appear to be plenty of streets in, let's say less-salubrious, Caracas
Sat Mar 9, 2019, 08:11 AM
Mar 2019

that accomodate hundreds of people every day (jump into the middle of this video posted in 2017 if you're in a hurry):



As compared to the, let's say, more salubrious?



A contrast reminiscent, I think it is Robert Fisk who has pointed out, of once-apartheid South Africa.

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