- According to Darwin Izaguirre, of the nearly 1.5 million Venezuelans residing in Peru, only 659 will be able to vote on July 28 | Main photo: EFE/ Paolo Aguilar
Darwin Izaguirre, spokesman for the Con Venezuela en Perú campaign command, called for a rally in Lima on Sunday, July 28, in order to promote voting among Venezuelans residing in that country in view of the presidential elections in Venezuela.
“The Con Venezuela campaign command in Peru wishes to express its concern to the international community about the importance of the upcoming presidential elections in Venezuela. The democratic alternative has a widely majority voting intention and it is crucial that the world helps to guarantee that this will is respected,” Izaguirre said on July 25.
The Comando Con Venezuela in that country celebrated a mass at 1:00 pm (Venezuelan time) in the Santa Rosa de Lima Cathedral, in the center of the city, and then moved to the Parque de la Exposición, where they held a rally. According to Izaguirre, the candidacy of Edmundo González Urrutia, backed by María Corina Machado, “has managed, in a historic feat, to unite Venezuelans in a citizen movement focused on peaceful and electoral change.”
A campaign “far away, but not absent”
He said that although he believes the opposition has the support of the majority of Venezuelans, he warned that it is likely that the government of Nicolás Maduro intends to “implement massive fraud to stay in power.”
“The vast majority of Venezuelans who are abroad are against the regime because we do not leave by choice, we leave out of necessity. It is a mass exodus that has occurred in recent years, an unprecedented event. Even without being a country at war, almost 8 million Venezuelans have left its borders,” he added.
He recalled that of the nearly 1.5 million Venezuelans residing in Peru, only 659 will be able to vote on July 28, despite the fact that at least 700,000 are of voting age. However, many migrants reported obstacles to updating or registering their data in the Electoral Registry. “We are far away, but not absent,” the spokesman concluded, adding that they have tried from abroad to promote an active electoral campaign despite not being able to vote.
CNE relocated voting centers in Colombia and Spain
Aime Nogal, head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), reported on July 24 that the voting centers of the consulates and diplomatic representations of Colombia and Spain had been relocated.
According to the official, voters who wish to exercise their right to vote and who reside in Colombia should go to the “Palermo” Technical School, located in the Teusaquillo neighborhood (center of Bogotá). The address of this educational center is: Carrera 23, number 49-37.
Venezuelans in Madrid can vote at the Fernando Ríos Cultural Centre, Calle Camarena No. 10, 28047. Those in Barcelona should go to the Casal de Barri de Trinitat Nova, Calle de Garbí 3, Nou Barris, 08033.
The EFE news agency reported on July 24 that of the more than 2.8 million citizens from Venezuela living in Colombia, only 7,012 are eligible to exercise their right to vote on Sunday, July 28.
Estefania Parra Anselmi, who is a member of the opposition’s Command with Venezuela in Spain, stated on July 23 that in that country There are between 600,000 and 800,000 people of voting ageHe added that most of them were unable to register their data due to the demands made on them by the consular offices.
Of the total number of Venezuelans residing in Spain, 24,770 voters are eligible to exercise their right to vote. Madrid is the city with the majority of this registry, with more than 9,000 citizens eligible to vote. Recently, Venezuelans residing in Madrid reported that they did not have information about the place assigned as a voting center.
With information from EFE
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2024-07-26 11:05:23
