TONS of photos of the two recent rallies in Venezuela to close campaign

[Flanker]

Chavez on Sunday









































Rosales on Saturday.

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[JAbuchan08]

1. Wow! n/t

[pnorman]

2. Thanks!

Those crimson-packed boulevards would probably look impressive even by sat. photos. It might even be visible from the moon!

pnorman

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. But...but... our MSM only reports the "hundreds of thousands" at the

opposition rallies.

I once heard a speaker say, "Propaganda isn't only what you show in the media. It includes what you leave out."

[RethugAssKicker]

4. Incredible pics.....Thanks

[Piotr]

5. Did you know that...

Chávez had 2500 buses bring people from all over the country to the rally in Caracas, paying 9 million bolívares to each bus driver and giving away t-shirts and other things to get people to attend?

The Rosales demonstration is impressive, considering all the streets around where the rally took place had been "closed for repairs" the day before by the government. Not only that, but Rosales gave nothing to get people to attend; indeed, he doesn't even have the budget Chávez has at his disposal.

[Nabia2004]

7. So you would happily attend a Bush rally for a free t-shirt & bus ride?

I can see you dancing in the street with a smile on your face now.

:sarcasm:

Sure, Chávez was grandstanding for Bush and the Western media, but you are only kidding yourself if you think the support and solidarity of the people is fake.

[Piotr]

8. I'm kidding myself?

You should know how deprived some people are in Venezuela. Not like in the US, where you have homeless people with big, fat, satisfied bellies. People are also paid with Venezuelan taxes to attend.

This isn't to say Chávez doesn't have supporters. I'm just saying that Chávez does these things to swell his demonstrations up and misrepresent his support.

Another tactic is fear. An example would be the speech given by Ramírez, the CEO of PDVSA, the national oil company, where he says things such as:

"We have to clearly say, as you have been hearing me say on these subjects and that we are now repeating, we even said it yesterday, that the new PDVSA is red, very red, from top to bottom (applause). "

"I want those of you here to shake off the belief that someone can sanction us, or that someone can criticize us if we express to our people that this company supports President Chávez one hundred percent, it's an issue (applause) that has paralyzed our people, our workers, our employees. "

"We are here supporting Chávez, who is our leader, who is the maximum leader of this Revolution, and we are going to do everything we can to support our President, and whoever doesn't feel comfortable with this outlook, has to cede his place to a Bolivarian (applause, audience chants: 'Ooh, oh! : Chávez will not go!'). ______ that this is what we are telling our workers loud and clear, directly, this is our message. "

"I am filled with indignation, and I am sure you are too, our Board of Directors as well, when we find that there are people who are neutral, or who are bland, that there are people who now say that we are in a process of mutual cooperation, that we need to open this thing up, no sir, whoever here who forgets that we are in the midst of a revolution we are going to beat it to them, but here is this company who is with the President (applause)."

"We are going to free Bolivia, you know, from here we are going to a meeting at the Chancellery because we are taking off all the gloves to determine the future of Bolivia along with Evo Morales. "

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Since this was leaked, I can imagine that this sort of "encouragement" takes places in most government institutions. And, there are currently around 2 million government workers on all levels. How does that translate?

[Judi Lynn]

6. These photos are wonderful. It's good to point out to people who didn't notice,

there were MULTIPLE boulevards filled with supporters all marching forward at the same time. It's easier to see in this photo:


All that red is so vibrant, festive, so beautiful! I'm bookmarking this page. Thank you.