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The bosses (of the protesters) should go to prison,
I alert the world about a cruel and repressive escalation by the regime,
Machado said on X on Wednesday, I came on bicycle because there's no public transport,
said supermarket worker Jose Marcano, 32, in the central city of Valencia There is still a small chance" that the government would consent to negotiations to hash out a transition of power
said Carmen Beatriz Fernandez, of Caracas analyst firm Datastrategia Our urgency now is for countries of the world to turn their gaze towards Venezuela and use the institutions they have to generate pressure so that Nicolas Maduro becomes more naked, more exposed in this fraud that he is shamefully displaying,
As is well known, history has reliably demonstrated that the path of violence does not lead to anything positive,
We are witnessing fascism at its maximum expression, of an international structure that is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to discredit the extraordinary demonstration of civility that the Venezuelan people showed on the last election day,
Here the one who really won was Nicolas Maduro, here are the people, representing Nicolas Maduro. We want peace.”
This is a very peaceful protest. This is an upper-class part of Caracas. What we saw yesterday was quite violent. I believe the people who used to be Chavistas are no longer Chavistas,
I’m not protesting anything, I’m supporting my government, the one who won. Nicolas Maduro. And I’m supporting him because he is the man that represents peace.”
Nancy Ramones, one supporter of the president, said We have the records showing our categorical and mathematically irreversible victory,
We must proceed in a peaceful manner. We should not fall into the provocations the government has set us. They want to make Venezuelans face off against each other,
We have to stay in the streets, we cannot allow them to steal our vote so brazenly,
said Carley Patino, a 47-year-old administrator in the crowd Freedom! Freedom!" ... We are not afraid!"
they chanted at a mass rally in the capital Caracas, where opposition leaders insisted Venezuela's 2024 presidential election did not meet international standards of electoral integrity and cannot be considered democratic,
the organisation said in a statement Maduro dictator!" ... Edmundo president!"
Waving Venezuelan flags, they chanted There is no reason for so much persecution."
Addressing the opposition crowd in Caracas, retired diplomat Gonzalez Urrutia addressed the security forces, saying What we are fighting here is a fraud by the regime,
Machado said, while urging peaceful protest Edmundo is the president. We know he won the election,
said 27-year-old brokerage worker Andrea Garcia It feels like I no longer have anything to do here in Venezuela,
said 23-year-old graduate Jorge Salcedo in Caracas