BY: JORGE BONILLA
The Venezuelan presidential election, called after the confirmed death of strongman Hugo Chávez, is in full swing. The ruling United Socialist Venezuelan Party kicked off its 10-day campaign at a chat session/rally held at the Chávez family compound in Barinas. Watch as Caretaker President Nicolás Maduro describes today’s encounter with Chávez, who came in the form of a bird and urged his acolyte to victory.
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There was a large photo of him. | |
There was a statuette of José Gregorio Hernández, and a Christ. |
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Suddenly, a small bird flew in. And he flew over me three times. |
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He landed on a wooden beam over here, and he began to sing. |
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♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬ | |
A song there…(it was) pretty. | |
I looked at him…and I sang back at him. I said, “if you sing at me, I’ll sing at you”. |
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And so I sang. ♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬ |
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The little bird looked at me kind of funny, sang a little, flew around me for a bit, and left. |
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I felt his spirit…I felt him as though he were giving us his blessing…saying to us, |
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“Today the battle begins.” | |
“Go forth to victory, you have our blessings”. | |
That’s what I felt in my soul, and that’s what I feel… |
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the same as what you felt, Jorge. |