This is very serious, especially when there are serious doubts about whether the data is accurate,
The destruction of so many statues at once is a product of the level of dissatisfaction and discontent over the National Electoral Council (CNE) calling a victory for Maduro, which does not reflect the reality of what occurred on Sunday,
What do these people have in their head? In the heart?”
Unfortunately, the government does not respond to the protests with dialogue and conversations; instead, political protests are repressed,
This is a powerful symbol to them,
There is a large part of the population that has access to weapons,
And they in some ways are already going out with weapons to confront, in some cases, the police and the colectivos,
Colectivos have been in the streets, and they have been shooting, not at people, for now. They have only been shooting at the air, but they have been using weapons to face these protests, and that is where things can get really tricky,
Maria Corina Machado is being very careful not to call for violence or [massive] street protests, ... because I believe that is what the government wants, to justify the repression and to hold on to power. She is avoiding that. The entire opposition leadership is avoiding calling for violence. They are simply putting pressure so that their victory is recognised.”
People were in shock, and the belief that fraud had occurred quickly spread,
If they jail Corina Machado, the protests can go out of control, and this can really hit the government,
All the tallies were verified, digitalised and then uploaded into a strong web portal,
We have witnessed a series of events, more than 100 violent terrorist attacks,
They burned electoral material. They burned the vehicles,
Many accept this idea without question, leading people to take to the streets, particularly in neighbourhoods and towns with poorer communities,
I don’t want gold, I don’t want CLAP (the government food aid programme), I want Nicolas (Maduro) to leave,
We won, and everyone knows it, ... defend the truth."
The entire international community knows what happened in Venezuela and how people voted for change,
We're going to hold judgment until that time,
We have never been moved by hatred. On the contrary, we have always been victims of the powerful,