Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado attended a massive protest in Venezuela on Saturday over the results of the elections in the neighboring country. As she arrived in a truck, The engineer must have arrived camouflaged and stealthy among the people.
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The politician got on the truck hiding her identity among the crowd, she was dressed in a black and white jacket with a hood that helped cover part of her face. as she arrived before the hundreds of Venezuelans waiting to see her.
Machado advocated for maintain a “peaceful and civil” struggle but with “force” He said that the July 28 elections marked a “milestone” that marked the beginning of the “transition to democracy” in the Caribbean nation.
“July 28 marks a milestone in the transition to democracy in Venezuela,” Machado told thousands of Venezuelans gathered in an area east of Caracas.
Amid cries of “freedom,” Machado highlighted the strength of the citizens who have taken to the streets despite the repression of the demonstrations that took place between Monday and Tuesday, in rejection of the official election results that declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner.
“After a brutal repression, they thought they were going to silence us, frighten us or paralyze us. The presence of each one of you here shows the world the magnitude of the force and what it means to see us through to the end,” he said.
He also stated that in recent days There have been reports of persecution against election witnesses, while indicating that the “fear” is on the side of the Maduro Government.
“Today, fear is elsewhere (…) ours is a civic and peaceful struggle, but it is not weak,” said the opposition member.
Maria Corina Machado will continue protesting
The former deputy said that she will not give up the right to peaceful protest, nor will she accept that they raise a “blackmail” that “equates victims with perpetrators.”
“We do not have firearms, it is the regime that uses them against the population. Protesting civilly and peacefully is not violence,” said Machado.
Thousands of people gathered this Saturday in Caracas and other cities in Venezuela to protest the results of the presidential elections provided by the National Electoral Council (CNE), according to which President Nicolás Maduro was re-elected.
Machado was greeted at the protest with cries of “freedom,” after having declared fear for her life.
Machado, who published an article last Thursday from hiding in the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, called for this demonstration against the announced result of Sunday’s elections, which gave victory to President Nicolás Maduro, because -he says- The anti-Chavez movement won these elections with Edmundo González Urrutia as a candidate.
However, Chavismo insists that the documentation made available to citizens by the opposition is not real, while the CNE has not made public the minutes, which it assures it will deliver to the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), if so requested.
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Source: https://www.noticiascaracol.com/mundo/maria-corina-machado-tuvo-que-llegar-encapuchada-a-protestas-en-caracas-quedo-grabado-cb20
