2024-07-17 09:58:31
The opposition of Venezuela He denounced an “escalation in repression” against him by the ruling Chavismo, with new arrests of militants two weeks after the presidential election July 28th.
At least nine people were arrested in the last hours of yesterday in four states of the country, the campaign team reported. Another 14 were already detained by the intelligence services. and another six are sheltered in the Argentine embassy in Caracas.
“We are seeing an escalation in repression with the arrest of activists from different political parties, members of our commandos campaign a municipal corporation and even parochial, but also people who have only offered us their services,” he told reporters. Maria Corina Machadoopposition leader, together with opposition candidate Edmundo González, at a meeting with hundreds of young people at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), the most important university in the country.
“This, far from intimidating us, has given us greater energy and organization.Nobody can stop this“, he added.
Among those arrested is the owner of the truck that served as a platform for a rally González y Machado in Valencia (center-north) and his assistants, while the tax authority closed a sandwich shop in the neighboring The victory, hours after Machado and Gonzalez stopped to buy lunch as they returned to Caracas.
President Nicolas Maduro, who is seeking a third six-year term, often insists that the opposition is plotting to overthrow him. On Saturday he said that the “deeply Chavista” The Armed Forces would rise up if the opposition, led by Machado and González, won the elections.
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2024-07-17 09:58:31