MADRID, Spain.- Early Monday morning, the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela advertisement Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner of the presidential elections, granting him a third term with 51.2% of the votes. In light of these results, the Cuban-American senators from Florida, María Elvira Salazar, Marco Rubio and Carlos Giménez, spoke out against what they described as electoral fraud.
Maria Elvira Salazarvisibly outraged, expressed her categorical rejection of the results: “Shamelessly, Maduro is once again trying to steal the elections. It is an insult to the Venezuelan people. Congress will denounce him. The White House will denounce him. The International Community will denounce him. It will not be so easy this time. He will not be able to sustain this aggression.”
Salazar also made a direct appeal to the Venezuelan military: “The people of Venezuela have spoken: they do not want Maduro. Fulfill the popular will. It is time to stand on the right side of history. You have a chance and it is now.”
When in the middle of this month the opposition leader Maria Corina Machado Maria Elvira Salazar denounced acts of violence against her during a political activity in La Guaira, a coastal state of her country and known for being a supporter of Chavismo sent a message of support to Machado and the Venezuelans, in which he indicated: “My support and everything I can do so that Venezuela is free, has a market economy, has democracy and that the Venezuelan who left can return to an established and restructured homeland with that brilliant plan that María Corina has. Whatever we can do from the Federal Congress to help Venezuelan democracy, here we are.”
Also in the early hours of this July 29, Senator Marco Rubio critical the electoral process, describing it as “the most predictable and ridiculous farce election in modern history.” Rubio added: “The only ‘attack’ on the elections in Venezuela is the fraud carried out by the CNE, which is controlled by the Maduro narco-terrorist regime.” Rubio warned of the possibility that the Maduro regime might try to cut off internet access in Venezuela to hinder both internal and external communication.
For his part, the also republican Carlos Giménez joined to the critics, recalling his own experience as a Cuban exile: “I was born in Cuba and I was expelled from my homeland. Today, I represent my community in the federal Chamber. What happened in Venezuela is a disgrace and we are already reporting everything to the US agencies. This is until the end.”
Giménez urged Venezuelans to remain in their polling stations and exiles to continue putting pressure on their governments: “Venezuelan brothers, stay in your polling stations. Accompany the witnesses. Venezuelans in exile, continue applying pressure on your governments and enforce the will of your people.”
This Sunday, many Venezuelans they gathered in Doral and other locations in South Florida to express their hope for the elections in their country. The attendees, carrying flags, banners and balloons, joined in the playing of the national anthem, creating an atmosphere of unity and optimism. In addition, elected political leaders participated in the activities, showing their support for the Venezuelan cause and emphasizing the need for transparency and democracy in the electoral process.
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