MIAMI, United States. – The party of Maria Corina Machado, Vente Venezuela, reported this Friday the “arms robbery” at the El Bejucal estate, headquarters of the National Campaign Command of opposition leader and candidate Edmundo González.
In accordance with Vente Venezuela’s post on the social network XThe incident occurred at 3:00 a.m. on Friday. “Six hooded men without identification subdued security guards. They threatened them and proceeded to graffiti, break down doors and take equipment and documents,” the political party said.
Vente Venezuela also denounced “the attacks and insecurity” to which its members are subjected “for political reasons.”
The Democratic Unitary Platform of Venezuela also reported the incident in Xwhere he posted: “Change has already happened and is unstoppable, and its consolidation is in the hands of millions of Venezuelans throughout the country and around the world. The attacks and persecution must cease immediately.”
On Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognized Edmundo González Urrutia as the winner of the July 28 presidential elections in Venezuela.
In a statementBlinken considered the overwhelming evidence presented by the democratic opposition and independent observers.
He also acknowledged that the opposition has published more than 80% of the voting records received directly from polling stations across the country. According to these records, Gonzalez Urrutia won the majority of the vote by an insurmountable margin. Independent observers, exit polls and quick counts conducted on election day corroborate this conclusion. Blinken emphasized that, after consultations with partners and allies globally, no country has concluded that Nicolás Maduro won the majority of the vote.
The observation mission of the Carter Center He also reported on irregularities in the process, which have undermined the credibility of the result announced by the CNE, Blinken recalled, referring to the declaration published on Tuesday by the leading election observation organization, which considers that the electoral process did not comply with “international parameters and standards for electoral processes.”
The organization stressed that it was unable to verify the results declared by the CNE due to the “lack of transparency in the publication of results broken down by polling station,” which it considers a “serious violation of electoral principles.”
In the August 1 statement, Blinken also rejected Nicolás Maduro’s baseless accusations against opposition leaders, calling them an anti-democratic attempt to repress political participation and maintain power. He expressed concern about threats of arrest against opposition leaders, including Edmundo González and Maria Corina Machadoand stressed the need to protect the safety of leaders and members of the democratic opposition.
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