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Title: Mass Venezuela opposition rally
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BBC
URL Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4801521.stm
Published: Oct 8, 2006
Author: Greg Morsbach
Post Date: 2006-10-08 18:05:18 by A K A Stone
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Views: 343
Comments: 6
Mr Rosales will face President Hugo Chavez in December's presidential poll. The march, which filled the main avenues of the city centre, was the biggest opposition rally Venezuela has seen since early 2004. Then, protesters made an unsuccessful bid to oust Mr Chavez from power in a recall referendum. Chance to unite Young and old took to the streets to throw their weight behind the campaign of Mr Rosales, a middle-class Social Democrat who governs the state of Zulia, on the Colombian border. Many claimed that they were seeking liberty and democracy and that made Mr Rosales their only option: Manuel Rosales Rosales criticised Chavez's policy on Venezuela's oil "The problem of the opposition is that before we had a lot of candidates and people couldn't make up their minds whom to support," one woman said. "Right now we have just one candidate and I believe that we have a better shot if we have just one candidate against Chavez." For some it was simply a day out to enjoy the sunshine, but for most it was a chance to listen to a speech by Mr Rosales, who declared that Venezuela was "at a crossroads". Mr Rosales condemned what he called the cheque book diplomacy of Mr Chavez, accusing him of giving away Venezuela's oil wealth to foreign powers. If Mr Rosales can keep up this kind of pressure against his rival, the election results may not necessarily be a foregone conclusion. But for now, Mr Chavez still enjoys a clear lead in opinion polls because of a sense of loyalty that poor and working-class voters feel towards him.
Tens of thousands of people have marched through the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, in support of the main opposition candidate, Manuel Rosales.
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Hugo Chavez, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Video) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=533631578437304259&q=documentary
That video is only part one. Do you have links to the other parts? Or will I have to hunt for them myself.
I thought that was the whole video (?)
When you click on your link it takes you to google video. On the right side of the screen is this Hugo Chavez The revolution will not be televised, part1
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so that means whoever put it up didn't put up part 2
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