
Annoncering

Annoncering
Speaking on state television, Maduro said that Chávez appeared to him as a small bird. “It sang and I responded with a song and the bird took flight, circled around once and then flew away,” he said, imitating the bird’s call as well as the sounds of its wings flapping. “I felt the spirit and blessings of Comandante Chávez for this battle.”Preceding that bizarre little outburst, the former bus driver invoked a 16th century curse on those who didn’t vote for him in Sunday’s election and has also referred to himself as Chávez’s “son” and called his former boss the “prophet of Christ on Earth”. He even suggested that Chávez had nudged Christ into choosing a Latin American Pope.“Chávez is the government's most powerful weapon,” said Eisig. “The image of Chávez is close to many Venezuelans' hearts.” But, said Eisig, “It's clear that Maduro isn't Chávez.”Capriles is closing the gap between the pair but Maduro appears likely to win, surfing a wave of sympathy on the late comandante's death. “Nicolás, you are not Chávez,” Capriles says repeatedly, keen to peg the fight between himself and Maduro rather than an abstract messianic figure.The message is slowly getting across to Chavez supporters. In Chávez’s birthplace of Barinas, 60-year-old farmer Ángel Sánchez says he is a Chavista and always will be, but “I’ll vote for Capriles,” he says.

Annoncering

Annoncering