Opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia demanded this Thursday “the immediate release of María Corina Machado”, who was arrested after leaving the protest he called this Thursday in Caracas to claim the victory of the Venezuelan opposition group, as confirmed by Human Rights Watch.
“To the security forces that kidnapped her, I say: don’t play with fire,” she added on her Vente Venezuela (VV) on social networks.
Machado reappeared today in Caracas surrounded by hundreds of followers, after remaining underground since last August 28, when she participated in another protest in favor of the claimed victory of González Urrutia, despite the fact that the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed Maduro’s victory.
More than four months after his last public appearance and one day before the presidential inauguration, which both Maduro and González Urrutia promise to assume, Machado appeared on the street to claim, once again, the opposition victory in the last elections. July 28.
“I have never felt so proud in my life. All over Venezuela people took to the streets,” she said, upon arriving at the place where thousands of people had been waiting for her hours before.
Likewise, he assured that the next few days will be “historic and decisive for the freedom” of the Caribbean country, as part of the “impressive” citizen movement.
Shortly after, Human Rights Watch confirmed she had been intercepted and leaders from different European and Latin American countries quickly expressed their concern and called for her release.
Edmundo González did so through his
The opposition leader participated in the Dominican capital in a rally called by the Con Venezuela Comando RD collective, in which he predicted that “very soon” the streets of Caracas will be filled with “joy.”
The Dominican Republic is the last country on González’s tour, which also included Argentina, Uruguay, the United States and Panama, to gather support this week before the inauguration on January 10.
González Urrutia maintains that he won the elections last July in Venezuela and maintains his desire to return to his country to assume the Presidency, while Nicolás Maduro is preparing to take the oath of office this Friday supported by the country’s electoral authorities, controlled by Chavismo.
