Venezuela, night of clashes and arrests after Maduro’s victory. At least 3 victims –

Night of clashes and arrests in Caracas, Venezuela, after the presidential elections and the proclamation of the victory of Nicolas Maduro. At least three people died and 44 were injured during the protests that arose in the midst of tensions related to the proclamation of the results on Sunday. This was reported by Encuesta nacional de hospitales, an agency that monitors the hospital situation in the country, reporting that most of the incidents occurred in the northern state of Aragua. The details and dynamics of the deaths are still unclear, apparently all of them occurred during clashes between protesters and security forces. According to local media, a first victim is Rancès Yzarra, a 30-year-old student, hit in the chest by a rubber bullet in the city of Maracay, the capital of Aragua.

The National Electoral Commission (CNE) declared Maduro the winner, but the result was disputed by the opposition, which went to the vote united behind the candidacy of former diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia after its leader Maria Corina Machado was prevented from running. The opposition claimed victory, denouncing fraud. “In the aftermath of the vote, there is great confusion in Venezuela. It is clear that the opposition had more votes, but the government of Nicolás Maduro is currently keeping everything shrouded in a kind of fog, claiming victory without showing the ballot papers. What the government is carrying out is, in fact, a coup d’état. It is ignoring the will of the people.” This was stated in an interview with La Repubblica by Moisés Naím, a Venezuelan political scientist and economist, former Minister of Trade and Industry and executive director of the World Bank in his country.