The reds and the populist
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Red-shirted demonstrators from the urban and rural poor show their support for a populist, controversial, heavy-handed, yet popular leader, by confronting the forces of the elite in the streets of the capital.
Caracas on April 13th, 2002?
No. Bangkok today. Background here.
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