Venezuelans tear down Chavez statue and take to the streets

SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- This Monday, Venezuelans have A statue of dictator Hugo Chavez was torn downamid an intensification of protests against the election results that gave victory to Nicolás Maduro, despite the fact that Edmundo González was far ahead in the polls.

In Coro, Falcón state, protesters took over Hugo Chávez Square, located in the west of the city. The place has been a reference point for Chavista actions and there, they toppled the statue that measures approximately three meters in height.

Police officers have tried to disperse the crowd around the square, and clashes have broken out between the two sides.

On the other hand, in the country’s capital, Caracas, people have taken the streets to demand Maduro’s removal from power, following irregularities that point to large-scale electoral fraud.

The cacerolazos were heard in Caracas neighborhoods such as Petare, Altamira, Chacaíto, Bellas Artes, La Vega, El Valle, Catia and La Candelaria.

There have been spontaneous demonstrations and marches on the Petare-Guarenas highway, in the parish of Caucagüita in the Sucre Municipality, Miranda state.

On the Caracas-La Guaira highway there have been Burned tires and cars, and other protests have emerged in cities such as Maracay.

Also, in Valencia, Carabobo state, Venezuelans They began to gather in front of Fort Paramacay, an important military base.

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.

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 your entity investigates the former deputy opposition 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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