The opposition takes to the streets to protest (and Chavismo too)
The ruling Chavismo in Venezuela and the majority opposition return this Saturday to measure their strength in the streets, with calls for demonstrations that aim to continue defending or questioning the controversial re-election of Nicolás Maduro in the presidential elections on July 28.
As usual, The opposition first called on its supporters to a “global protest” which, they hope, will occur in several cities and towns in Venezuela and 53 other countries, as explained by opposition leader María Corina Machado, the main promoter of these demonstrations.
In the case of Venezuela, Machado indicated that the opposition protests will be carried out under the “swarm” mode, so that citizens can “appear and disappear” quickly and thus avoid being arrested, after some 2,400 people ended up after the bars in the context of the post-election crisis, some of them seized during the demonstrations.
This will be the first demonstration held by the majority opposition since its standard-bearer, Edmundo González Urrutia, left the country for Spain, where he has requested asylum and where he has received, in the last three weeks, recognition from the European Parliament and other organizations. internationals as “elected president” in the Venezuelan elections.
Meanwhile, it is unknown if Machado – who has kept her whereabouts hidden while the government labels her a terrorist – will participate in any of these rallies, which will take place a month after her last public appearance, when she led a protest in Caracas against the ” fraud” that, he assures, the ruling party is trying to consummate.
The celebration of Chavismo
On the other hand, Chavismo, which considers that “it does have reasons to celebrate,” has called on its followers to demonstrate that they are the majority in the country, as indicated this week by the first vice president of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, also Minister of the Interior and Justice.
“We are going to hold marches in all the states of Venezuela and Chavismo will mobilize to celebrate the victory of July 28,” said the number two of the PSUV on Friday, who insists that the opposition “does not have the people to support them.” Therefore, he predicted failure for the PUD in his call on Saturday.
He stressed that Chavismo will take to the streets to reject “the attempts to destabilize” the opposition, which the Government accuses of coup and terrorist plans, and to defend the validation of Maduro’s victory made in August by the Supreme Court of Justice. , made up of judges related to the president.