Thousands of Venezuelans march in support of Chavez
Thousands of Venezuelans march in support of Chavez
(Xinhua)08:00, January 24, 2013 CARACAS, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) --
Thousands of supporters of Venezuela' s ailing President Hugo Chavez flooded the streets of the capital Caracas Wednesday in support of their leader, who has been hospitalized in Cuba for over a month.
Chavez's followers set out from three different locations to converge in the downtown area's Jan. 23 district, in honor of Democracy Day.
The cheering supporters wore the signature red color of Venezuela's ruling United Socialist Party and carried banners that read "We are all Chavez."
Wednesday's rally is the second of its kind this year. Chavez was reelected to another six-year term on Oct. 7, but was unable to attend his inauguration on Jan. 10 as he is convalescing in Havana from a fourth cancer operation conducted on Dec. 11.
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Chavistas out in force, Venezuela VP back to Cuba
AFP Updated January 24, 2013, 9:47 am
CARACAS (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Venezuelans marched in the streets of Caracas in support of cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez Wednesday, overshadowing a much smaller rival rally by the opposition.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro told the pro-government rally he would return to Havana to visit Chavez, who has been convalescing in Cuba since his latest surgery last month, but whose condition is improving, according to Caracas.
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles, who lost to the 58-year-old Chavez in October's election, meanwhile challenged the ailing leader to speak to the nation if he is able, saying the Venezuelan people deserve "peace of mind."
Chavez supporters -- clad in red shirts bearing the phrase "Chavez is all of us" -- however seemed to need no reassurances about their president's prolonged absence from the oil-rich South American country.
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Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hold up a photo of him at an event
commemorating the 1958 fall of the country's dictatorship in Caracas, Venezuela,
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