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In reply to the discussion: Rival supporters clash in Venezuela election campaign [View all]joshcryer
(62,331 posts)10. Unfortunately this tactic was suggested in a PSUV memo to Chavistas.
You can read an article here, though you will have to hand translate part of it: http://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/110264/briquet-denuncia-presuntas-estrategias-contra-la-campana-del-comando-venezuela/
Note: "provocar situaciones de agitacion politica"
Basically: "Provoke situations that agitate politically."
edit: that translation is 'direct' so even a non-Spanish speaker or reader can understand it...
That's precisely what happened here because PSUV could not handle Capriles going into La Vega, a poorer area of Caracas. Capriles was being welcomed so they had to engineer a conflict. I expect they won't ever let him into the Caracas poor areas because they're afraid he'll pull in a lot of new supporters.
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It seems many of those guys have migrated here to disrupt. It's a good day if they can impede
Judi Lynn
Jul 2012
#41
I have been here since 2002, I am a real progressive against anti-Semitic, homophobic slurs.
joshcryer
Jul 2012
#42
Is there a point in posting this information? What does it have to do with the topic? n/t
Judi Lynn
Jul 2012
#45
Note that it's only Capriles saying the police blocked him from campaigning.
harmonicon
Jul 2012
#14
The police should've removed the Chavistas to uphold Venezuelan campaign law.
joshcryer
Jul 2012
#16