2024-08-03 23:46:37
Thousands of opponents took to the streets of Caracas To claim his candidate’s electoral victory, he called on the authorities not to repress the people, following protests that left at least 11 dead and hundreds arrested.
Shouting “Freedom, freedom!”, supporters of Gonzalez Urrutia and the opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.a Maria Corina Machado gathered in Caracas and other cities across the country to challenge the results of Sunday’s presidential election, which the National Electoral Council (CNE), with a pro-government tendency, grant a third term to the Chavista Nicolás Maduro.
Led by Machado, the opposition claims to have proof of its victory, while the international community is demanding a transparent recount of the votes. Machado claims to have copies of 84% of the voting records that show the alleged fraud and has published them on a website.
At the rally in Caracas, González Urrutia called for calm from the Armed Forces following the deaths of at least 11 civilians in the protests, in which dozens of people were also injured. “Gentlemen of the Armed Forces: there is no reason to repress the people of Venezuela, there is no reason for so much persecution,” declared Maduro’s rival in the elections.
President Maduro blamed González Urrutia and Machado for the violence at the protests, assuring that “justice will come.”
For its part, the human rights organization Foro Penal reported that at least 11 civilians died in the protests, including two minors. Likewise, the NGO Encuesta Nacional de Hospitales reported 84 civilians injured in the protests, while the Ministry of Defending reported 23 military personnel injured. For his part, the Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, reported the death of one soldier and announced the arrest of 749 people.
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2024-08-03 23:46:37