Surging Capriles Threatens Venezuela's Chavez

SHOTLIST: CARACAS, 30 SEPT 2012, SOURCE : AFPTV - VAR Henrique Capriles moving through the crowd on a truck, blowing kisses - Crowd waving flags and singing SOUNDBITE 1 Henrique Capriles Radonski, Venezuelan presidential candidate (Spanish, 10 sec): "Don't let anyone be confused - it's one thing to believe you're the heart of the nation and another thing to carry the nation in your heart." - CU sign which reads 'Ooh ah, Chavez is going' SOUNDBITE 2 Henrique Capriles Radonski, Venezuelan presidential candidate (Spanish, 34 sec): "How can we talk about the independence of a country where people are expropriated, where things are confiscated, where jobs are destroyed? How can we talk about the independence of a country where you go out and cross yourself to avoid being a victim of violent crime? I want to tell everyone that real independence is to have security, to have a house, a job, electricity, water, and to be able to walk calmly in the streets of Venezuela." - VAR supporters dancing and singing /// ------------------------------------------------ AFP TEXT: Venezuela-vote Surging Capriles threatens Venezuela's Chavez by Valeria Pacheco CARACAS, Sept 30, 2012 (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of backers of opposition candidate Henrique Capriles thronged the streets of the Venezuelan capital Sunday, echoing his rising threat to President Hugo Chavez's re-election. "I want to thank you all. Because I think this is the biggest rally Caracas has ever seen," glowed Capriles to the massive crowd as he wrapped up his campaign not far from the presidential palace Supporters roared: "You see it; you feel it: President Capriles!" "Look at that mass of people; Chavez is screwed now," one young man shouted. "Why does he think he can be president for his whole life anyway?" The telegenic former governor of Miranda state has compared himself to David fighting Goliath. And he hopes he can emulate the Bible story of the boy who felled the mighty giant before becoming king of Israel. "I ask you, the Venezuelan people, to judge: who...