Venezuela | Demonstrations in support of President Maduro in Caracas
Gladys Quesada, teleSUR correspondent in Caracas, reports on the caravans that are taking place in the city in support of peace and the government of President Nicolás Maduro. teleSUR
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00:00And in this context, we continue live in Caracas as our correspondent Gladys
00:05Quezada joins us with the latest. Hello Gladys, it's great to have you here with
00:10us and tell us what is the latest over there in Venezuela.
00:17Hi Belen, precisely I'm here in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, precisely right
00:23now I'm at Miranda district. This is one of the main parts that conform the
00:29district capital of Venezuela and the city of Caracas. Right now we have
00:35underway one march, is a way to say that, there is a demonstration of motorbikers
00:42and I have to stop here to explain that the motorbikers here is or are a great
00:48large sector of the population, most of the popular sectors, you know, the
00:53working class here in Caracas and they have been supporting President Nicolás
00:58Maduro Moros since the campaign times, the campaign period ahead of the July
01:0428th presidential elections, during the elections and they are also showing
01:09their support, their backing of the government and their backing for the
01:14results of those elections, of those polls and they are the first doing their
01:19rallies today in support of the presidency, in support of the re-election
01:24of President Nicolás Maduro Moros. But so far today we will have other
01:28activities and there is expected a large march here in Caracas, in downtown
01:34Caracas, in the center popular zones precisely and with more accuracy and the
01:40avenue of Urdaneta in Andres Bello sector and also the march is expected to
01:47start in the Libertador Avenue in the CANTV, which is the company for
01:53telecommunications and telephone communications here in Venezuela. Also as
01:58the president was announcing this march is supposed or is expected to gather
02:05people in 100 cities of Venezuela, also in 100 marches all over Venezuela, so
02:12this is not just concentrated here in Caracas, is also a showing of support
02:16nationwide. Also we have other information and that is the march is
02:21expected to go through the center of Caracas, downtown Caracas, as we were
02:25saying in the Bellas Artes sector, which is the name that receives because of the
02:31Fine Arts Gallery, the National Gallery that is next to this zone and it is
02:37heading Miraflores Palace, the seat of the government as is customary, is
02:41traditional here in Caracas for people to go march through all the central
02:46parts of the city and then meet up the president and the top leaders of the
02:52Bolivarian Revolution there in the Miraflores Palace for a gathering and
02:56him to give and offer a speech. Also it is known that the opposition groups, the
03:04opposition organizations also convoked and called for March today, August 17th
03:10and this march that the Chavismo forces and the Chavismo grassroots
03:15organizations are holding is a way to respond, to contest, to counteract those
03:22marches because there are other informations and those were delivered by
03:27Diosdado Cabello, the first vice president of the Socialist United Party of
03:31Venezuela, that there were schemes of violence to be held today, to be taken
03:37into action today by the opposition and the extreme far-right groups here in
03:42Caracas. So the people are going to the streets to defend peace and to defend
03:46also their stability in the nation and also as I was saying to back, to give
03:51their backing and their support to the results of the July 28th presidential
03:55elections and the government of the reelected president Nicolás Maduro
03:59Moros. That is the information so far. Today the marches are going to take over
04:04100 cities, I was saying that, and we will be there with the start of the march, the
04:10start of the rally and we will be giving you more information. So far this
04:15is just the, you know, the time ahead of the march and as I was saying the
04:20pedestrian march, you know, the people by their foot, they will be going out in the
04:25afternoon time. So far this is the information. Belen, back to you.
04:29Excellent, thank you Gladys for all the report and also the update regarding the
04:34current situation in Venezuela. We will come back to you throughout the day to
04:38follow the latest in the South American country. That was Gladys Quezada,
04:43correspondent in Venezuela.