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	About 8,000 Venezuelan Christians marched in downtown Caracas on Oct. 12 in the city's annual "Jesus March." Photo by Fall 2007 IRP Fellow Krista Kapralos.

by Krista Kapralos, Fall 2007 IRP Fellow
Reprinted with permission of the Washington Post

November 18, 2007

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Every Sunday, Ana González wears one of her best suits to attend Las Acacias, the largest evangelical Christian church in Caracas.

And each week, four days later, she laces up combat boots and tucks her hair into an olive green military cap to report for duty with Venezuela's army reserves, a foot soldier in President Hugo Chávez's military.

"I believe in Jesus Christ because he was a revolutionary," said González, 47. "I follow Chávez because I believe in the things Chávez is doing. He is also a revolutionary." more »

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