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I'll fight for my country's democracy. They stole the election from us,
said another unidentified protester We are tired of this government, we want a change. We want to be free in Venezuela. We want our families to return here,
said one masked protester, referring to the exodus of about a third of Venezuelans in recent years Not even (Maduro) believes the electoral scam he is celebrating,
said Argentina's President Javier Milei We have been following all of the acts of violence promoted by the extreme right,
I don’t want gold, I don’t want CLAP (the government food aid programme), I want Nicolas (Maduro) to leave,
the protesters chanted as they banged pots and pans, as reported by Reuters The entire international community knows what happened in Venezuela and how people voted for change,
We're going to hold judgment until that time,
said John Kirby, White House national security spokesperson He should understand that he was defeated,
Machado told The Guardian in an interview published on Tuesday We have never been moved by hatred. On the contrary, we have always been victims of the powerful,
Maduro said, according to The Associated Press Venezuela, I want you to be free."
Opponents of Maduro's government could also be seen carrying a large banner that read We want freedom. We want Maduro to go. Maduro, leave!,
Marina Sugey, a 42 year-old resident of a poor area of Caracas called Petare, told AFP It's going to fall, it's going to fall, this government is going to fall!"
In one neighborhood, Petare, residents chanted We closed our businesses to join the protest. We were disappointed. This (result) does not reflect reality. We voted against Nicolas,
21-year-old Carolina Rojas told AFP We came out because there was fraud,
added David, 40, who did not want to give his surname My dear Venezuelans, tomorrow we meet; as a family, organized, demonstrating the determination we have to make every vote count and defend the truth,
They are calling the army but... we must protest,
They’re doing this because they don’t agree with what the president Nicolás Maduro Moros is doing,
said the girl, explaining how two of her aunts had fled overseas to Chile to escape the economic meltdown People are fed up with the same old shit, with the fraud,
fumed one local, Yesica Otaiza, as the cacerolazo pot-banging protest – a South American tradition intended to express political discontent – spread to a neighbouring tower block and along the street We won and everybody knows it,
Machado declared on Sunday after the government-controlled electoral authority announced Maduro had prevailed with 51.21% of the vote compared to González’s 44.2% Many people thought Corina would win and they can’t understand what happened,
said Ayari Rauseo, a 48-year-old clothes seller as she sat on a concrete bench in Catia and described how Venezuela’s slow-motion collapse had torn her family apart