(13 Jul 2024)
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Valencia, Venezuela – 13 July 2024
1. Opposition supporters gathered at a campaign rally, a man holds a painting of the Virgin Mary
2. Various of woman with eye shadow of the Venezuelan national flag colors, waving flag
3. Elsy Silva, 57, a retired teacher, wearing a bow with the colors of the Venezuelan flag
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Elsy Silva, 57, retired teacher:
"We are stuck, families are all scattered all over the world and we are tired of that happening. We were used to being a united people, a people of solidarity, a people that wherever we saw someone who was feeling bad, we would lend a hand and now we are all scattered. Maria Corina (Machado) has truly brought hope and a light at the end of the tunnel that is so dark, and with the favor of God and the Virgin of Coromoto, we are going to achieve it."
5. Aerial of caravan of candidate Edmundo González and party leader María Corina Machado ++MUTE++
6. People honking horns and shouting as González and Machado’s caravan approaches
7. Machado and González greeting people as they drive through the crowds
8. González
9. Machado
10. Machado and González raise their hands together
11. Woman waving her arms in the air with excitement
12. Alfredo Martinez, 56, opposition supporter waiving his hands in the air as caravan approaches
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alfredo Martínez, 56, Venezuelan opposition supporter:
"These people are not afraid, and look at what is happening, despite all the roadblocks they put on us look at the thousands of people here. You can’t cover the sun with a finger. Here are the people, and they are fully supporting Edmundo González and María Corina; they are the leaders of this country."
14. Various aerials of rally ++MUTE++
15. People chanting
16. Maria Gabriela Abreu, wearing a dress of the Venezuelan flag
17. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Maria Gabriela Abreu, 44, opposition supporter:
"I think we must give the opportunity to a new government to improve our country, to be honest with ourselves, to tell the truth. If we are in bad shape, well, we will get ahead, but covering things up is not good for us. We are a big, beautiful country and we have the opportunity to be better."
18. Machado greeting supporters
19. Gonzalez and Machado greeting supporters
20. Various aerials ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
Thousands of supporters of Venezuela’s main opposition coalition descended on the city of Valencia on Saturday to attend a campaign rally for presidential candidate Edmundo González and leader María Corina Machado.
Venezuela’s government led by President Nicolas Maduro faces its toughest electoral test in decades in the upcoming July 28 presidential election.
For years, opposition politicians boycotted elections they saw as rigged, but as the government’s popularity has ebbed, former rivals have banded together in an attempt to change the government at the ballot box.
Millions of opposition supporters across Venezuela are hopeful again, with the possibility of ending the Socialist Party’s 25-year rule.
56-year-old Alfredo Martinez’s son left the country six months ago, joining millions of other Venezuelan migrants. He said he passed through roadblocks and other obstacles to get to the rally.
"You can’t cover the sun with a finger. Here are the people and they are fully supporting Edmundo González and María Corina, they are the leaders of this country,," he said.
44-year-old María Gabriela Abreu has gone 12 years without seeing her children and hasn’t met her grandchildren.
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