Maria Corina Machado announced a global mobilization

• Machado reiterated that the activity will be organized, civic and peaceful.

Opposition leader María Corina Machado announced that they will carry out a “great global mobilization” on August 17 to confirm that Edmundo González was the winner of the presidential elections on July 28, according to the results of the vote counting minutes published by the Comando Por Venezuela.

In a video he shared on social media, he invited Venezuelans to take to the streets of their city, with the printed vote counting records, to protest.

This message is for you, who do not recognize yourself in today’s Venezuela, who are tired of having your family separated, who voted and want what you decided on July 28 to be respected.

See you next Saturday the 17th at the Great World Protest for the TRUTH.

Get active in… pic.twitter.com/hEIPsPxe2x

— Maria Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) August 11, 2024

The political leader invited Venezuelans to share the video with those who are going to join this rally, which will take place inside and outside Venezuela.

“Find the voting record of your center at www.resultadosconvzla.comprint it and bring it to the rally in your city. Let the world see, with the minutes in hand, that we will not let ourselves be robbed,” Machado stressed on August 10.

According to 83.5% of the electoral records held by the oppositionGonzález won the presidential elections on July 28 by obtaining 6,275,182 votes against 2,759,256 votes in favor of President Nicolás Maduro.

Photo: The Daily / Jose Daniel Ramos.

However, the National Electoral Council (CNE) issued on August 2 the second bulletin with the results of the presidential elections of July 28 and confirmed that Maduro was re-elected with 6,408,844 votes and 96.87% of the votes counted.

The president of the CNE, Elvis Amoroso, assured that Edmundo González managed to obtain 5,326,104 votes (43.18%), without the results having been published in detail as established by the legal regulations of electoral processes.

Global mobilization in support of Edmundo González

Opposition leader María Corina Machado had previously provided details of the “enormous global activity” in support of political change in the country.

“It will be a huge event where everyone will have to see the strength, determination, and decision that we Venezuelans have made, that there is no turning back,” Machado said during a conversation with Venezuelan influencer Lele Pons, broadcast through her Instagram account.

Machado revealed that this mobilization will be held inside and outside Venezuela in support of González Urrutia, whom he called the “new president-elect.”

Photo: The Daily / Jose Daniel Ramos.

“We are not going to leave the streets, that does not mean that we are going to be in the streets every day. I hope that all those who feel pain in Venezuela will join this activity, which will be a moment of encounter,” added the political leader.

He also indicated that the movement will be “organized, civic and peaceful,” but reaffirmed that the position they are carrying out has a robust strategy to defend the decision “that Venezuelans made on July 28.”

Previous opposition mobilization

On August 3, hundreds of people gathered on the main avenue of Las Mercedes in the Baruta municipality, in Caracas, in a Call made by opposition leaders.

Machado arrived at the meeting point and addressed those attending the demonstration, despite the fact that had previously declared In an article published in The Wall Street Journalwho feared for her life and would remain sheltered to protect her physical integrity.

Photo: The Daily / Victor Salazar

“We are living through the most important hours. We all knew that this process is very complex, we all knew the scenarios that were being put forward. Many times we were told that it was impossible to prove fraud. What we proved was the victory of Edmundo González,” said the opposition leader.

He insisted that the calls made by the opposition are of a peaceful and family-oriented nature, and therefore urged the State security forces not to repress the demonstrations.

Residents in the interior of the country also held various rallies in at least nine states of the country, specifically in Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Mérida, Falcón, Táchira, Sucre and Zulia.

The Venezuelan diaspora also joined the call from Australia, the United States, Brussels, Colombia, Spain, Argentina, Panama, Chile, among other nations.

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