Quotes
What we are fighting here is a fraud by the regime,
said Machado, urging peaceful protest We’re defending our votes, ... Ganamos, fui testigo" (We won, I witnessed it
she said, while holding a banner that read, Is Maduro's Fall the Beginning of the End for (Russian President Vladimir) Putin?"
Ukraine's Kyiv Post asked ... as it analyzed There is a lot at stake. Chavismo should be the first to benefit from transparency about the election, because it needs a victory that will be internationally recognized,
Can the U.S. force out a regime that has survived Republican and Democratic White House administrations?"
Maduro's announced victory smells like a dictator's dirty old trick."
The Miami Herald in an editorial said The news hit like a bomb outside Venezuela's embassy in Buenos Aires,
The worst form of repression, the most vile, is to prevent the people from finding solutions through elections,
the organization said in a statement The only thing we are willing to negotiate is the peaceful transition, ... We have no fear!”
Machado said as the crowd chanted And remember this figure, when the tally sheets are counted, yours truly will have more than 8 million votes,
González said, flanked by his wife and Machado, who has been barred from running for political office for 15 years We are tired of this government, we want a change. We want to be free in Venezuela. We want our families to return here,
one protester told the Reuters news agency, referring to the exodus of about a third of Venezuelans in recent years I'll fight for my country's democracy,
That is completely counterproductive and on par with Donald Trump, who once said that when it came to Venezuela, all options were on the table,
The electoral council, the judiciary and most of the institutions in Venezuela have long been instruments of oppression for Maduro's regime,
Ana Soliz de Stange, a political scientist at the Helmut Schmidt University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg, told DW The way I see it, Maduro does not have enough incentive to relinquish power in a democratic way,
And Soliz de Stange ... she said Within a decade, the Maduro regime's state propaganda has become more and more far-reaching,
Anja Osterhaus, executive director of the media freedom group Reporters Without Borders Germany (RSF), said a few days ahead of the election The military is an important player in Venezuela,
said Kurtenbach, explaining At the end of the day, none of us are surprised,
Sabine Kurtenbach from the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies in Hamburg expressed similar sentiments ... she said Maduro has to learn that when you win, you stay. When you lose, you go away."
This earned him a rebuke from his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who said The highest military ranks in particular are closely linked to the regime,