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Chavez supporters vow to defend revolution
Hugo Chavez appeals to voters to back for another six years, but some do not need any convincing.
Last Modified: 05 Oct 2012 18:17

It is no secret Hugo Chavez is popular among Venezuela's poor who have benefited from his social policies.

But some Chavez supporters have taken up arms in support of his socialist revolution.

Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo went to one neighbourhood in Caracas where opposition candidate Henrique Capriles has not dared to even go.

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