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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, Unfortunately, in the last hours we have reports of people dead, dozens injured and detained,
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 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 The military is an important player in Venezuela,
said Kurtenbach, explaining 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 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,
The proscription and persecution of political opponents, the systematic violation of human rights, the rejection of the presence of inspectors and foreign press, as well as the obstacles imposed on registration abroad for its citizens to prevent them from voting, were all clear signs that this election would not be democratic or transparent
The Argentine Republic deems it essential to allow access by the opposition to voting protocols and urges Venezuelan authorities to observe the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which it is a Party, especially article 25
the Foreign Ministry stated in a press release Despite that, many members of the international community, including the Argentine Republic, chose to trust that, in that minimum space to participate left, a change was possible for Venezuela
Venezuela wants peace and recognition of the will and expression of the people,
Effectively, what happened was that the regime slept very worried and we did not sleep,
Machado said to a cheerful crowd They prevented us from moving forward but we’re still fighting,
Even though I love my country... I know that the only way out is to leave,
said 34-year-old nurse Veruska Donado