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.