Chavez rallies armed youths to defend socialism/ La Milicia Bolivariana rinde honores a Chávez

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on 35,000 armed militias on Tuesday to defend his socialist revolution with their lives if necessary as he faces a test of its popularity in elections in September. Young militias raised assault rifles and clenched fists in the air when Chavez entered the parade area in Caracas in an open military jeep for a rally marking the anniversary of an abortive coup that ousted him briefly in 2002 ( full information)/ En la céntrica avenida Bolívar de Caracas se inició hoy la concentración de 35.000 milicianos bolivarianos para conmemorar el octavo aniversario de la vuelta al poder del presidente Hugo Chávez tras su breve derrocamiento por la intentona golpista del 11 de abril de 2002. ( información completa)