2024-07-29 20:34:40
Spontaneous protests broke out in Caracas on Monday after Nicolás Maduro was officially re-elected as president for a third consecutive term.
“Let him give up power now!” chanted demonstrators in Petare, a poor district in eastern Caracas, as hundreds took to the streets and burned Nicolas MaduroIn Katia, west of the capital, demonstrators clashed with police.
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According to the results of the National Election Commission (CNE) Nicolás Maduro, 61, heir to former President Hugo Chavez (1999-2013), Third term For the sixth consecutive year, it received 5.15 million votes (51.2%).
Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, 74, who took over at short notice from opposition figure Maria Corina Machado, who was declared ineligible, raised just under 4.5 million (44.2%).
The opposition refused to accept the results.Claiming victory and ensuring he had 70% of the votes based on his own count, a large part of the international community supported his call for a review of the ballots and vote count.
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“I don’t want a bonus, I don’t want applause, I want Maduro out.”
“I don’t want a bonus, I don’t want applause, I want Maduro to go away”, the protesters sang, referring to bonuses for low wages and government food aid (Clap). The minimum wage is four dollars a month, but the government has set up mandatory bonuses of about $130.
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Highway traffic disruption
Although Caracas was calm for most of the morning, protests intensified in parts of the capital shortly after the opposition leader took power. Maria Corina Machado Being targeted.
People banged pots and pans and shouted “Scam!” Tires were burned on the main highway connecting Caracas to La Guaira. Blocked all traffic at the city’s international airport. The National Guard arrived to disperse them.
Nicolás Maduro, speaking at the headquarters of the electoral council, described the crimes allegedly committed by Maria Corina Machado as part of the “electoral council”. International conspiracy against his government“They are repeating the steps that failed initially to destabilize Venezuela,” he said. “I say to those involved in and supporting this operation, we have seen this movie before, and there will be no weakness this time.”
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