- Caracas residents attended the citizens’ assembly called by María Corina Machado and Edmundo González. They denounced the arrest of opposition leader Freddy Superlano. Milei’s government denounced the power cut at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas | Main photo: José Daniel Ramos.
On Tuesday, July 30, hundreds of Caracas residents attended the citizen assembly convened by María Corina Machado and Edmundo González near the UNDP. They also denounced the arrest of Venezuelan leader Freddy Superlano.
For its part, the non-governmental organization (NGO) VE Sin Filtro warned about a blockage on the Comando Con Venezuela website to review voting records.
There was also a lack of public transport in several cities in Venezuela. The NGO Foro Penal reported more than 170 arrests and at least 11 deaths during the protests on July 29.
At the international level, the Organization of American States (OAS) took a position on the results issued by the National Electoral Council (CNE), while the government of Javier Milei denounced the power cut at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas.
Below are the most relevant news from Tuesday, July 30:
Hundreds of Caracas residents attended the citizens’ assembly convened by María Corina Machado and Edmundo González on Tuesday, July 30, in the vicinity of the headquarters of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Caracas.
The rally spread along Francisco de Miranda Avenue, near the Parque Cristal tower. Attendees shouted slogans in favor of the opposition candidate and demonstrated with Venezuelan flags.
Machado addressed the citizens to confirm that they currently have 80% of the electoral records.
Several of those attending the rally marched towards Chacao, where they were repressed by state security forces.
Thousands of people also gathered in various citizen assemblies organized throughout the country.
The opposition party Voluntad Popular (VP) denounced on Tuesday, July 30, that its national political coordinator Freddy Superlano was “kidnapped” by police officers of the Venezuelan State.
We must responsibly denounce to the country that just a few minutes ago our national political coordinator, Freddy Superlano, was kidnapped,” the orange party stated through its account on X (formerly Twitter).
In light of this, Voluntad Popular urged the international community to monitor the arrests of opposition groups in the country after the presidential elections were held on July 28.
On Tuesday, political leader Ricardo Estévez, from VenteVenezuela, was also arrested when he was leaving his residence located in El Cafetal, Caracas. Security camera images captured the moment.
According to the media VPITwo black vans without license plates intercepted him, took him out of his vehicle and took him away without giving any explanation.
On Tuesday, July 30, the NGO VE sin Filtro reported that the Comando Con Venezuela website was blocked to verify the voting records of the electoral process that took place on July 28.
“The website resultadospresidencialesvenezuela2024.com has been blocked on almost all Internet providers in Venezuela just hours after its launch,” the organization reported on its social network X account.
The opposition campaign launched this website on July 29 to allow citizens to review the results of 73.20% of the votes issued by the National Electoral Council (CNE) machines.
Residents of several cities in Venezuela reported on Tuesday, July 30, that there was little public transportation in the country.
In Miranda state, the Guatire terminal, Zamora municipality, was closed and without vehicles to transport people.
Journalist María Sánchez reported that there are no buses “leaving or arriving” in any municipality of the city of Maracay, Aragua state.
It was also learned that there were few active public transport units in Lara, Mérida, Nueva Esparta, Bolívar, among others.
The OAS, through the Department for Electoral Cooperation and Observation (DECO) of the Secretariat for the Strengthening of Democracy, issued its position on Tuesday, July 30, on the results issued by the CNE:
“The results cannot be recognised,” reads the statement published by the international organisation.
The OAS indicated that the CNE declared Nicolás Maduro the “winner” “without providing the details of the polling stations processed and without publishing the minutes.”
The Peruvian government on Tuesday, July 30, recognized opposition leader Edmundo González as the president-elect of Venezuela, said Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea.
“This position is shared by numerous countries, governments and international organizations,” the Peruvian foreign minister assured the state channel. TV Peru.
When asked how they view the current president, Nicolás Maduro, proclaimed the winner by the National Electoral Council (CNE), he said that, “after the fraud perpetrated” in the elections on Sunday, July 28, Peru considers him “as a person who wishes to perpetuate himself in power through a dictatorship.”
The non-governmental organization (NGO) Foro Penal reported 177 people arrested and 11 dead during the demonstrations that took place in various parts of Venezuela on July 29, in rejection of the results of the presidential elections offered by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
Alfredo Romero, the president of the NGO, indicated that this balance corresponds to figures confirmed by various organizations at 3:00 pm. He added that the entities with the highest number of detainees are the Capital District (38) and Barinas (27).
According to Alfredo Romero, it was possible to verify that among the deceased there are two minors, aged 15 and 16, in the states of Zulia and Yaracuy.
The European Union “urges the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela to facilitate immediate access to the minutes of all polling stations,” said the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, on Tuesday, July 30.
“Until the minutes are published and verified, the announced results cannot be recognised,” the head of European diplomacy warned in a statement.
Borrell said he is following the situation in Venezuela “with great concern” following the presidential elections last Sunday.
9. North Macedonia demanded evidence from the CNE of alleged hacking
The Ministry of the Interior of North Macedonia denied on Tuesday, July 30, through a statement that it was not involved in any cyber attack on the electoral system of the CNE, as claimed by the Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, during the electoral day of July 28.
The Macedonian agency said that the Macedonian Cybercrime Department is “monitoring the development of the alleged accusations against Macedonian citizens.”
We inform the public that even the appearance of Macedonian IP addresses in some alleged attacks does not mean that they originally come from Macedonia. There is a high probability that they use VPNs or are part of a larger BotNet network,” the agency explained.
On Tuesday, July 30, the government of Javier Milei reported a power outage at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas.
The Argentine government has denounced the “harassment” of its diplomatic headquarters in Caracas, where six opponents of the government of Nicolás Maduro have been sheltered since March, whose situation is causing concern in Buenos Aires after it was announced yesterday that the diplomats have 72 hours to leave Venezuela.
“Argentina condemns the harassment of its diplomatic mission in Caracas following the decision of the Maduro regime to cut off the electricity supply,” the Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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2024-07-31 20:41:00