Venezuelans residing in the Dominican Republic They settled peacefully in front of the embassy of that nation in Santo Domingo, where they demand respect for their votes cast last Sunday in the elections for a change towards democracy.
While others went to the embassy headquarters because they had appointments to update passports and other services, they found that the diplomatic legation was closed, but worse, no notice was posted and no one came out to offer an explanation.
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The day called by the movement Command for Venezuelabegan with a prayer in front of the entrance to the diplomatic headquarters, in front of a flag on the ground surrounded by white flowers as a sign that they want peace in Venezuela.
Ramon Bolivarfrom the Comando por Venezuela Movement, reported that he left that nation in 2014 to fight for democracy, after seeing many of his fallen student companions.
He calls on Venezuelans who remain in their country not to give up in the fight for respect for the popular will that was expressed at the polls last Sunday, but without violence. He recalls that their leaders, Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo GonzalezThey always call for peace, because violence brings violence, and that is what the movement does.
Regarding the closure of the embassy and the halting of flights between Venezuela and the DR, he responded that it is the result of the authoritarian regime of Nicolas Maduro which affects not only Venezuelans, but also Dominicans.
Jesús Oviedo highlighted the massive mobilization taking place in many Latin American countries in favor of democracy in Venezuela, among which the Dominican Republic stands out.
Emilio Coronado thanks the Dominican people for their support to the Venezuelans, through the president Luis Abinaderwho suggested a recount of the votes in his country’s elections.
Lever Correa reveals that the political opposition and the Comando por Venezuela already have the records in their hands, and therefore demands that the National Electoral Council (CNE) show them and end once and for all the crisis that the Maduro regime has caused, while protesting in peace and calling for non-violence.
Correa asks how it is possible that if around 70 percent of Venezuelans voted for Edmundo González, they offer very different results.
