3 AM wake up call by the Chavistas

August 15, 2004

At 3 AM the Chavistas starting shooting rockets up in the air, blasting music and playing revelries. The music continues an hour later. I wonder what Jorge Rodriguez thinks of campaign music at this point? I am not sure what the purpose is. They certainly succeeded in waking me up to so that instead of going to vote at 7 AM, I will go at 6 AM. Not sure you mobilize people by waking them up, least of all by waking them up too early. Do long lines early promote or reduce abstention? I am not sure.


The barrio next to my house houses about 3,000 people, there are maybe 40 moving around,not that many lights on. Regular firecrackers are quite obnoxious given the time of day.

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