- Venezuelans in Canberra, Australia, were the first to vote in the elections on Sunday, July 28
The presidential elections on Sunday, July 28 began with the participation of Venezuelans abroad. Due to the time difference, the first citizens to vote were the compatriots residing in Australia.
A Venezuelan addressed a few words to his fellow countrymen to encourage them to go out and vote. “Everyone, go out, it’s the golden moment,” said the young man to the Venezuela Vota team from Canberra.
Subsequently, polling stations were gradually opened in different European countries. Some of the cities with the highest turnout were Madrid, Barcelona and Tenerife in Spain.
In this country, the 46 polling stations set up by the Venezuelan authorities opened normally this Sunday in five Spanish cities, where 24,770 voters were called to participate.
The process began at 8:00 am (local time). In this country, five voting centres were designated in Barcelona, Madrid, Tenerife, Vigo and Bilbao.
Venezuelans in the cities of Frankfurt and Berlin (Germany) began voting at 8:00 am. According to reports on social media, Venezuelans living in other European countries such as Poland and the Czech Republic came to these polling stations.
In France, the first votes were also recorded at 8:00 am in that country, at the Venezuelan Consulate in Paris.
“There are four voting tables and the voter lists are posted at the door. The reception is cordial and efficient. The polling station witnesses from the different tendencies are present and attentive. The volunteers explain perfectly how to vote,” explained Venezuelan journalist Andreína Flores, after exercising her right to vote in Paris.
At 11:00 am, five hours after the polling stations opened in Portugal, a group of people were queuing at the door of the Venezuelan Consulate in Lisbon, where they could enter one by one to cast their vote.
Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, a group of Venezuelans were also seen queuing to vote at the Venezuelan Embassy in London.
Voting process in Latin America
Many of the polling stations in Latin American countries opened their doors at 6:00 am.
In Argentina, Venezuelan citizens have been lining up to vote since 5:00 am. The process began at 6:10 am according to reports on social media, and the process has flowed quickly.
Citizens in line sang the Venezuelan National Anthem before entry to the voting center was allowed.
In Chile, the Venezuelan Embassy located at Busto 2021 in Providencia (Metropolitan Region of Santiago), opened its doors at 6:00 am to allow the entry of voters.
At this polling station, several people began lining up at 10:00 pm on July 27 to exercise their right to vote. Many of the citizens traveled from other regions of the country, since this is the only polling station where Venezuelans can vote in the southern country.
In Peru, at 6:00 a.m. local time, there were already voters voting. In this country, only 659 Venezuelans will be able to vote, out of the 1,542,004 who reside in that country, according to official data from the Peruvian authorities.
A Venezuelan identified as José Romero was the first to vote at this polling station.
“I just ask Venezuelans to go out and vote. This is a special date (…) we don’t waste it, every vote counts,” Romero told the media outside the Venezuelan Embassy in Peru.
“Every vote counts,” says José Contreras, one of the first Venezuelan voters to be allowed to vote in Lima.
Of more than one and a half million voters in Peru, only 659 are eligible to exercise their right to vote. pic.twitter.com/2WXLCUXZYw
— Migrant Capsule (@capsulamigrante) July 28, 2024
At the Venezuelan Embassy in Uruguay, the first vote was cast at 7:25 a.m. Only 416 rectors of the 33,000 Venezuelans residing in this country were eligible to vote.
At this center they reported that the embassy authorities did not allow the entry of delegates of candidate Edmundo González to set up the tables.
Venezuelans in Panama also gathered outside the Venezuelan Embassy in that country to exercise their right to vote. The process began at 6:00 a.m., according to the local newspaper La Prensa, at least 450 Venezuelans had already voted by 8:00 a.m.
In Bogotá, hundreds of Venezuelans went to the polls despite the rain in the Colombian capital.
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