Fearless defiance took to the streets again in Venezuela as Maduro challenges the world | Venezuela

“A nightingale fighting a river”, as in the song by the famous Venezuelan songwriter Símon Díaz sung as an anthem in the capital of Mexico, is a perfect metaphor for the presentations who took to the streets on Saturday in hundreds of cities, in Venezuela and around the world, to claim the victory of Edmundo González Urrutia against the announced re-election of Nicolás Maduro, without any proof of to present While thousands of Venezuelans and a large part of the international community continuing to demand that the results be published, the President of Chavista warns that no one should keep “their nose” in the country.

From Caracas to the capital of Australia, from Funchal to Santiago de Chile, from Bogotá to Miami, from Madrid to Buenos Aires, passing through Paris, in more than a hundred cities shouting “we are not afraid” and ” Free Venezuela” heard. But in Caracas, as elsewhere in the country led by Maduro, crowds of different orientations and sizes came together. The regime may have gained strength. The resistance gained courage.

fearless woman Maria Corina Machadothe opposition leader who was banned from running by the regime and is now facing criminal persecution, returned to lead the protest demonstration in Caracas, while Chavismo focused on marching to the Palace Miraflores, the seat of government, where Maduro shot the main opposition. in the elections: “Where is the lunatic Edmundo González Urrutia?” With an arrest warrant hanging over his head, the candidate who claims to be the winner of the elections has not appeared in public.

The city had woken up surrounded by police: around 6,000 officers, with tanks, checkpoints and riot squads, according to the The Country. The head of the Bolivarian National Guard, Miguel Domínguez, published a threatening message on social media: “On Saturday there is free transportation to Tocorón [prisão que Maduro indicou para os presos políticos]but one way.” “We are screaming [assustados]but let’s go,” said a woman who was walking towards the exhibition, said by Clarion.

María Corina Machado carefully arrived on Avenida Francisco Miranda, hidden in a dark sweatshirt that she took off when she entered the truck with the Venezuelan flag and the face of Edmundo González. The vehicle, which was used a few months ago for the campaign and movements in different parts of Venezuela, would be taken by the police after the protest. But first, it was a platform for one last speech by a challenging leader.

“Every day we have more strength, no one is going to stop us,” he said, quoted by Digital Newsone of the few independent newspapers in Venezuela. “We have the votes, we have the minutes. There is nothing above the voice of the [povo] landlord Everyone recognizes that Edmundo González is the President,” he continued, noting that even UN observers question the official results published by the National Electoral Council (CNE). “Our national and international alliance continues to grow, we will not leave the streets,” he said.

Maduro marches and police arrested

The streets were cordoned off by the police also serving the regime to show its strength and popularity. Bringing fans on buses from the outskirts of the capital, according to the The CountryMaduro marched from Avenida do Libertador to the Miraflores Palace, where he reasserted his victory and insulted the main opposition and challenged the international community.

“We have earned the right to create the future we want in Venezuela, however we want, and no one can stick their nose in Venezuela,” said he to a crowd waving the country’s flags. “I don’t go around advising anyone in the world what to do with this or that country… the door will be closed to anyone who sticks their nose in Venezuela”, he said, quoted by Reuters.

Maduro once again called for the urgent approval of the law against fascism, non-fascism and similar expressions that are being discussed in the Parliament and which, according to human rights defenders, will be used for sharp- follow up on disagreements.

For now, it is the anti-terrorism law that plays this role. And in many cases, it is not even known what legal system is under the people in custody, which is still in force. The last experience of the opponent of the regime took place after he left the demonstration on Saturday in the city of Valencia.

Carlos Molina, a member of the Um Novo Tempo (UNT) party, was leaving Avenida Bolívar when his car was hit by two vehicles, according to witnesses called by Noticiero Digital. Six men armed Molina and the driver, took the vehicle keys and the driver’s cell phone and disappeared with the deputy.