- Migrants denounced repression against protesters in the country | Photo: Claraynes Van Strahlen
A group of Venezuelans gathered on August 1 outside the Venezuelan Consulate in the city of Vigo, Galicia (Spain), to protest against the announcement of the election results by the National Electoral Council (CNE) in the early hours of July 29.
Migrants also condemned the repression of state security officials against protesters in Venezuela.
Among those who gathered there was Paula Beltrán, aunt of Carlos Omar Porras, who was murdered in Guarenas (Miranda) on July 29, in the context of post-election protests.
Sandra Martínez, aunt of Maximiliano Rodríguez Guerra, one of those arrested in the protests in Maracay, Aragua state, was also present.
“My nephew was arrested on July 30, they tortured him. The little we know is that he has had three seizures and they are charging him with charges that he did not commit. We don’t know anything else about him, I know he is in Maracay, but not specifically the command where they have him,” said Martínez in an interview with Venezuelan journalist Claraynes Van Strahlen for The newspaper.
The protesters also called on the Organization of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Criminal Court (ICC) and the United Nations (UN) to intervene in the situation that the country is going through “to safeguard the sovereign will of the people of Venezuela.”
#Exclusive | A group of Venezuelans gathered in front of the Venezuelan Consulate in Vigo, Galicia (Spain), in rejection of the results offered by the National Electoral Council (CNE) of the presidential elections of the #28Jul.
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Venezuelans in Bilbao
On Thursday, August 1, another group of Venezuelans gathered outside the Venezuelan Consulate in Bilbao, Spain, to denounce what they call “electoral fraud.”
“It is no secret that Edmundo González has won the presidential elections and they do not want to acknowledge it, they do not want to hand over power,” said Moisés Rivas, coordinator of the Platform of Venezuelans in Bilbao, in an interview with local media.
“Freedom” was one of the slogans shouted by Venezuelans, who gathered with banners and flags with the national tricolor.
These demonstrations respond to the call of several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of Venezuelans abroad, in support of the opposition candidate Edmundo González.
Some of the countries where Venezuelan migrants have concentrated between July 29 and August 1 are: Chile, Mexico, the United States and Argentina.
The protests in Venezuela
Between July 28 and 30, at least 300 protests were recorded in Venezuela post-electoral, according to the Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict (OVCS).
In a post on social media X, the organization said that most of the protests have occurred in working-class areas of the country.
He also reported that by midday on July 30, 112 protests had been repressed in 20 states. He denounced that the actions were carried out by armed civilians and state security officials.
For its part, the Penal Forum reported that until 9:00 am on August 1 there is a total of 672 people arrested and 11 people killed in the context of the protests.
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2024-08-02 17:48:06
