The first day of the presidential campaign in Venezuela closed thursday with thousands of president Maduro's supporters marching towards the Central Plaza, behind Miraflores Palace, where president Nicolas Maduro addressed his supporters and the venezuelan people in general. Our correspondent Yunus Soner with more. teleSUR
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00:00The first day of the presidential campaign in Venezuela closed Thursday with thousands of President Maduro's supporters marching towards the central plaza behind Mila Ferrer's palace,
00:10where President Nicolás Maduro addressed his supporters and the Venezuelan people in general.
00:14Our correspondent Yunus Soner with more.
00:18Good evening from Caracas, the capital city of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,
00:23where an hour ago the great victory march has ended.
00:28Actually, behind me, here on the scene, has held a speech the current President Nicolás Maduro,
00:35who is the candidate of the Great Patriotic Pole and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
00:41With this march, here on the western side, accompanied by a huge march on the eastern side of Caracas,
00:49the campaign for the presidential elections on July 28 officially started.
00:55The march here on the west of the city has started in the Avenida Libertador,
01:00approximately 3.5 km from here, in the afternoon at 2 o'clock, under a huge heat actually,
01:08but still thousands and thousands of people have gathered to join this march,
01:14celebrating the official start of the campaign.
01:17Among the participants were especially a lot of working people, peasants as well, service sector,
01:24let's say the popular sectors of the Venezuelan society were very present.
01:29We spoke to them, we spoke to several of them, and we noticed that they expect the campaign with a feeling of joy.
01:36A lot of them were dancing, there was a lot of music, several tracks were playing loud music,
01:43there was live music on the march, walking these 3.5 km till this.
01:48They were also very confident that Nicolás Maduro will win the elections on July 28.
01:54They were even overwhelmed by the participation.
01:58Some of them did not even expect that much people to attend this meeting, so they were overwhelmed.
02:05And this meeting, together with the meeting, the march in the east of the Caracas,
02:11as well as other activities throughout the whole country,
02:15has started the presidential race on the side of the government,
02:19on the side of the Great Patriotic Pole and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
02:24That evening finished with the speech of Nicolás Maduro, the president, here behind me,
02:30with the crowds attending this meeting after maybe 4 hours of participating in the march,
02:36still dancing until the end of the speech.
02:40And I think the president has left this day, this march, again, the great victory march,
02:47with a huge morale and huge additional confidence.
02:52This is the impression from here, from Caracas, the capital of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.