This time, avalancha in Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Source: Aleksander Boyd, VCrisis

How does one explain this?

The huge ‘avalancha’ crowds of Venezuelans from end to end of the vast South American nation the size of three Texases, all seeking an end to Chavismo is the rainbow swirling edge of pure democratic revolution. The photos - and there are a ton of them in Alek’s new photo album from several cities here signal that people are tired of tyranny, they are tired perpetual warfare, they are tired of hostility to free trade, they are tired of economic horror shows. They want peace, prosperity and friendship. They want to be proud of their proud nation once again. This is a color revolution in a million colors.

The only way to achieve this revolution of democracy is to boot Chavez, a would-be dictator who is holed up in his gold-plated palace, repeating to himself that he is indispensible, that he is the people, that he is loved. He is none of those things, he is detested. He can exit peacefully now, by holding clean elections, by accepting the verdict of democracy.

But in reality, he doesn’t want that. So he will in the end feel the people’s force. As these crowds of democracy revolutionaries are right now flaring for the future.

Hugo Chavez, this is your signal to go.

To see a really spectacular additional photo, click on to Venezuela Today.

And see this terrific Miami Herald slide show here.

Tags | Photoblogging, Polls, Venezuela