Protests in Venezuela: Hugo Chavez statue torn down

by times news cr

2024-08-12 23:32:41

For its part, the Caracas regime, through prosecutor Tarek William Saab, announced that it would “punish with the maximum penalty those who attempt to repeat the unpunished and murderous” demonstrations of 2014 and 2017.

A series of protests and demonstrations have taken place in various cities in Venezuela in rejection of the results of the presidential elections, knocking down a series of statues of Hugo Chavez.

One of the fallen statues of Hugo Chavez was located in Plaza Bolivar Chavez, in La Guaira, where After being thrown to the ground, it was burned by the protesters, those protesting the decision of the National Electoral Council to proclaim Nicolás Maduro the winner.

Added to this is the burning and destruction of several electoral propaganda posters featuring Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.

For its part, the Caracas regime, In the voice of prosecutor Tarek William Saab, he announced that “he will punish with the maximum penalty those who intend to repeat the unpunished and murderous” demonstrations in 2014 and 2017, which left more than 100 dead.

On the other hand, those close to María Corina Machado, the main opposition leader in Venezuela, warned that Unknown persons attempted to attack the Argentine embassy in the countryafter the expulsion of its diplomatic corps was announced.

“Urgent! At this moment, DAET officers intend to take over the residence of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas where the six asylum seekers from the campaign of María Corina Machado and Edmundo González are,” said Pedro Urruchurtu in social networks.

The opposition leader updated the situation by reporting that “after two failed attempts, “The officials of the regime’s security forces attached to the CPNB and the DAET, hooded and carrying long weapons, withdrew from the residence of the Argentine embassy in Caracas.”

“This very serious action violates international law and the Caracas Convention on diplomatic asylum. We alert the world against any new attempt to break into this headquarters that has provided us with protection by decision of the government of the Republic of Argentina, to whom we reaffirm our gratitude for their solidarity in the midst of persecution,” he said.

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