Six years ago, the revolutionary people filled the streets of Caracas in support of Commander Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, who under the torrential rain shared his historic campaign closure before a crowd, which constitutes a relevant political event that the was praised by President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, this Thursday through Twitter:
«I remember that October 4, 2012, when the people filled the streets of Caracas with love and joy under the blessed rain, to accompany our Commander at the closure of the campaign. He told us: ‘Here is Chávez standing with you!’ Six years have passed, you continue and will continue with us», wrote the Head of State on the social network.
On October 4, 2012, the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chávez, offered his closing speech for the electoral campaign from Bolivar Avenue in Caracas before a crowd of revolutionaries from various parts of the country who also filled the adjacent streets in the capital’s downtown to share this moment.
The occasion was accompanied by a torrential rain that coincided with the traditional Cordonazo de San Francisco(*), as Chávez emphasized in his words:
«Just as San Francisco is an instrument of peace for a people: Here is Chávez standing with you», was one of the commander’s expressions that day.
Chavez’s tour of the city and his speech under the rain were registered in photographs that have gone down in history.
Nicolás Maduro
@NicolasMaduro
«I remember that #Oct04 of 2012, when the people filled the streets of Caracas with love and joy under the blessed rain, to accompany our Commander at the closure of the campaign. He told us: «Here is Chávez standing with you!» Six years have passed, you continue and will continue with us».
8:21 – Oct 4 2018
(*) The «Cordonazo de San Francisco» (Cordon of St. Francis, also Cordonazo wind) is a heavy rainfall phenomenon that occurs at the beginning of the fall season (typically October) every year, and is named after the Saint for happening around the date of his death (October 4). The legend says St. Francis «Takes off his cordon, fills it with thunder and lightning and punish with it to everyone who has behaved badly».
