Venezuelans began destroying statues of the late socialist dictator Hugo Chavez on Sunday and Monday as part of mass protests against the government of current socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro.
Maduro on Sunday “won” a fraudulent election that gave him a six-year term as president, but the only opposition candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez, denied there was any evidence he won the election in a landslide.
Protests erupted in Venezuela on Monday after the National Electoral Center (CNE) declared Maduro “winnerThe government’s crackdown on protesters Reportedly As of Tuesday morning, four people were dead and dozens were injured and in custody.
The Maduro regime is important effort To ensure that Sunday’s sham elections were neither free nor fair, the government banned leading opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado from running and launched a campaign of repression that led to the unjust arrests of dozens of dissidents.
Sunday’s ballot featured Mr Maduro, who has appeared 13 times, as well as a range of other candidates handpicked by the “opposition” and Mr Gonzalez, a 74-year-old former diplomat, the only opposition candidate allowed by the socialist government to run.
The Maduro regime chose to hold the elections on July 28th to mark what would have been the 70th birthday of Hugo Chavez, who died of an undisclosed cancer illness on March 5th, 2013. A few weeks before his death, Chavez announced on December 8th, 2012 (his last public appearance) that he had chosen Maduro as his successor to lead his authoritarian socialist regime after his death.
Following Chavez’s death, the Maduro regime posthumously bestowed on the late dictator the title of “Supreme and Eternal Commander of the Revolution,” and has often avoid It does not say that He died, but rather that He was “sown” in the earth, or that He “stepped into immortality.”
The Maduro regime has established pseudo-holidays on several dates related to President Chavez, including his birthday and the anniversary of his death. Other examples include: December 8February 4th, or the 4th of February, is when the ruling Socialist Party institutes the “Day of Loyalty and Love to President Chavez” to commemorate Chavez’s “decree” that Maduro be his successor. We’re screwed In 1992, there was an attempted coup against the government of Carlos Andres Pérez. After the failed coup, Chavez fled to the military headquarters, which is now Mausoleum.
Venezuela’s electoral authorities, who work directly with the Maduro regime, claimed that Maduro “won” Sunday’s sham election with 51% of the vote to González’s 44%. Venezuela’s opposition is contesting the results, claiming they can prove that Maduro stole Sunday’s sham election and that González, who received an overwhelming majority of the vote, is the actual winner.
Following this incident, Venezuelans took to the streets to protest against the Maduro regime, and statues of President Chavez were toppled, beheaded, burned and vandalized in several states, with some statues being dragged through the streets by protesters after being toppled.
The “results” of the fake election were announced on Sunday, Questioned Several countries, including the United States, are calling for a transparent recount of the vote. Others, such as Argentina and Chile, have not recognized Maduro’s victory as legitimate. At the time of writing, Maduro has only received congratulations from his allies, including Cuba, China, Russia, Iran, Nicaragua and Bolivia.
Venezuelan authorities officially Authenticated Venezuela’s electoral authorities declared Maduro the “winner” in a hastily organised election ceremony on Monday afternoon, but final election results have not been made public. Venezuela’s electoral authorities had not released the “results” of the election as of press time.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado held a press conference with opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez on Monday afternoon. Announced The opposition claims to have 73 percent of the signed ballots collected directly from polling stations across the country that certify Maduro’s defeat to González.
Machado said the results showed that González received 6.27 million votes, compared with just 2.25 million for Maduro.
“The voter turnout was 73.20 percent, and these results have elected Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as the next president,” Machado said.
Machado Announced The collected votes will be digitized and published on a website, allowing Venezuelans to check the results at their polling stations firsthand, and election observers who have a physical copy of their polling station results will be able to compare them with the digitized versions.
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Check the social situation online on the web to see if the election results of María Corina Machado and Edmundo González match up.
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both Maduro’s government And that Venezuela’s Opposition They called for a rally in the capital, Caracas, on Tuesday.
Christian K. Caruso is a Venezuelan author documenting life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter. here.
