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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.

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