Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in power since 2013, called on Sunday, July 28, for “respect for the popular will” after being proclaimed re-elected president, following a controversial election in which he competed against nine contenders, including the standard-bearer of the majority opposition, Edmundo González Urrutia.
“They couldn’t handle the sanctions, they couldn’t handle the aggression, they couldn’t handle the threats, they couldn’t handle it now and they won’t handle it ever again. with the dignity of the people of Venezuela. Fascism in Venezuela, the land of Bolívar and Chávez, will not pass away, neither today nor ever,” the president said.
According to him, “We were not born on the day of cowards, of the lukewarm“From the timid, we were born on the day when the light of the liberator gave birth to this homeland of bravery, of courage.”
Triumph of peace in Venezuela?
“My first thought is to the Father Creator, or God who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thank you for giving this victory to this people who deserve it, after so much sacrifice, resistance and struggle. The triumph of peace, of stability, of the republican ideal is the triumph of the ideas of equality,” said Maduro, who asked, “as president, respect for the Constitution, for the public powers and for the sovereign life of Venezuela, respect for the popular will (…) I will defend our law and our desire.”
He also said that he will work during his third term “to restore all rights violated by the economic war,” referring to the economic sanctions imposed by many countries in recent years, especially by the United States, which has expressed concern about the results of the elections in Venezuela.
Source: https://www.noticiascaracol.com/mundo/no-nacimos-el-dia-de-los-cobardes-nicolas-maduro-feliz-tras-atornillarse-en-el-poder-rg10
