At a crossroads not far from a gas station overgrown with weeds, young men and women in faded green fatigues stop vehicles returning from a rally for opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, ask passengers for their identifications, and inspect their cars, trucks and motorcycles.
When their superiors slip away from the scorching sun, the grunts betray their displeasure with Maduro and openness to a new commander in chief.Did the lady arrive? Were there a lot people? one giddy soldier asks about opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
Such checkpoints have proliferated across the country's vast tropical plains, forested highlands and beach fronts in the run-up to Sunday's presidential election, aiming to intimidate and occasionally detain government critics.
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