Súmate hails 82 percent of volunteers for primaries

Over 82 percent of polling stations for primary election of a single opposition candidate have already volunteer staff totally appointed.

"In the country's major, most populous states, such as Zulia, Lara, Capital District, Miranda, Carabobo, Aragua, Anzoátegui and Monagas, we have an average even superior to 90 percent of the staff appointed already," NGO Súmate director Alejandro Plaz stated.

The speaker advised that Súmate representatives are on tour around other states that need reinforcement to complete the number of volunteers.

He called Venezuelans to join the effort, not only as members of polling stations, but to help with security, counting, logistics, and mobilization.

Plaz informed that beginning this weekend, an election set will be assembled. The educational material is aimed at training volunteers. A guide in hard copy and a video started to be distributed nationwide.

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IISS: The FARC financed Chávez before 1999

10:07 AM. DIPLOMACY. Admired by the Colombian guerrilla after his coup attempt in 1992, the then lieutenant colonel Hugo Chávez Frías received financial support by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) for his projects after his capture that year. This mostly explains the relationship and "debt" between the parties, as revealed by a paper of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) of the United Kingdom.