SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- This Monday, July 29, there were registered protests Mass protests in various Venezuelan towns, in rejection of the results of the presidential elections, where the National Electoral Council of Venezuela (CNE) stated that Nicolás Maduro won with 51.2% of the votes.
Publications on social media by journalists and civil society show that there have been demonstrations in Caracas in Petare, the Caracas-La Guaira highway, Catia, Santa Monica, Caricuao, La Vega and El Cementerio.
Residents of El Limón blocked the passage on the Caracas – La Guaira highway. They set fire to tires and vehicles along the road to prevent passage.
The same thing happened in the area of El Cementerio, where objects were also burned in the street.
Protests were reported in the interior of the country, specifically in Coro, Falcón state.
In addition, citizens banged pots and pans in large numbers in protest in Caracas and Miranda state early in the morning.
The protests in Caracas were followed by demonstrations in Petare, Altamira, Chacaíto, Bellas Artes, La Vega, El Valle, Catia and La Candelaria.
In a massive expression of popular discontent, Venezuelans are speaking out following the results given in a televised appearance by Elvis Amoroso, the president of the CNE, shortly after 12 midnight Venezuelan time.
Fraudulent elections
Although the polls had given the opposition candidate Edmundo González the win by a wide margin, the CNE has declared the Chavista representative the winner, amid strong complaints of irregularities during the counting.
In her first statements after the elections, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado declared her colleague González the winner and contradicted the electoral victory claimed by the regime. Nicolas Maduro.
The opposition member explained that three exit polls, independent and autonomous, were carried out early in the morning, which showed “convincing and impressive” results, she said. “Throughout the day, we also monitored the turnout, hour by hour, with the quick counts. This is a historic turnout: the number of people who went to vote today,” she stressed.
After the elections, the regime’s prosecutor, Tarek William Saab, reported that his agency is investigating the former opposition deputy for allegedly being involved in a “massive attack” (hacking) that would have delayed the results of this Sunday’s presidential election, according to Chavismo.
At a press conferenceSaab said an investigation had been opened against the opposition leader and two others allegedly involved in the alleged cyber attack reported by RipeAccording to the Chavista official, the attack would have been carried out from North Macedonia with the intention of manipulating the data of the presidential elections this Sunday, July 28.
Meanwhile, many countries in the region have raised their voices denouncing electoral fraud and questioning the legitimacy of the proclamation of Nicolás Maduro as the winner.
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