The case of the so called elite guards of the President who were part of his first ring of security becomes apparently more clear with a home video of the forty soldiers made the day before the recall referendum.
In the video, the soldiers are shown in a room decorated by a picture of Chavez and one of Simon Bolivar. There is a table in the middle covered with ¨No¨ signs a flower arrangement and a symbol of the GRAT unit. Their leader speaks out. The speech expresses love for Chavez and what he stands for. However, they say that those in the Casa Militar (in charge of presidential security) are shielding Chavez from the truth. They make accusations of corruption and ask Chavez to do for the Casa Militar the type of cleansing he did at PDVSA. They tell Chavez that this was the reason why tried to get into his office, they wanted to explain to him what was going on. The tone is eerie, recrimination, love and fundamentalism all in one. They tell Chavez they are not paid by the opposition. All of the soldiers join each other by the forearms and sign what is supposed to be the chant of their unit which includes dying for their country, dying for their leader…
Scary stuff, these guys sound like extreme fundamentalists. Trying to get a copy of the video to post.
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