Venezuelan President Maduro: we have broken the Guinness record set by Russia by playing a concert 
Venezuela has broken the previously set Russian Guinness record by giving a concert participation of more than 12 thousand performers. This was announced by the President of the country Nicholas Maduro, he is quoted by TASS.
“Today Venezuela set a Guinness record for (a concert performed) by the largest symphony orchestra … Previously, the Guinness record belonged to Russia … If Russia doubles the orchestra, we too we will double, “he said.
On November 13, an orchestra of 12,098 musicians performed Pyotr Tchaikovsky's” Slavic March “in the Venezuelan capital. Russia set the previous record in 2019, when an orchestra of more than eight thousand musicians performed the country's anthem at the stadium in St. Petersburg.
Since January 2019, the confrontation between the authorities and the opposition has continued in Venezuela. Then, protests against Maduro began in the country shortly after his victory in the elections, opposition leader Juan Guaido led the opposition and proclaimed himself interim head of state. A number of Western countries, led by the United States, announced their recognition. Russia supported Nicolas Maduro.