The match Vente Venezuela (VV) denounced this Thursday that the opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was “violently intercepted” after his departure from the protest he called this Thursday to claim the victory of the anti-Chavista Edmundo González Urrutia in the presidential elections, whose official victory was awarded to Nicolas Maduro.
The formation indicated, through X, that they hope to receive confirmation of their “situation.” “Regime troops shot at the motorcycles that were transporting her”Vente Venezuela indicated in the publication, without offering further details.
Human Right Watch (HRW) has confirmed the arrest of the opponent. “We have confirmed the arrest of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. “The international community must demand in unison his immediate release.”explained the deputy director of HRW for the Americas, Juan Pappier.
Opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia has demanded “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.
Also the government of Spain has expressed its total condemnation and concern for Machado’s arrest. “We convey our total condemnation and our concern. Also for the arrest of Rafael Tudares, Carlos Correa and Enrique Marquez and the rest of the political prisoners, has stated Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement in which he demands that “the physical integrity and freedom of expression and demonstration of everyone, especially that of opposition political leaders, must be protected and safeguarded”.
Machado reappeared this Thursday in Caracas surrounded by hundreds of followersafter staying in the secrecy from the past August 28when he participated in another protest in favor of the claimed victory of González Urrutia, despite the fact that the National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed Maduro’s victory.
More than four months later After his last public appearance, one day before the presidential inauguration, which both Maduro and González Urrutia promise to assume, Machado appeared on the street, as he had promised his followers last Tuesday, during a virtual press conference, to demand , once again, the opposition victory in the elections on 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 freedom” of the Caribbean country, as part of the “impressive” citizen movement. “We are, as of today, in a new phase. “We were preparing for these days and these weeks,” Machado said to the crowd.
For Machado, González Urrutia’s main supporter, “the end of the Chavista regime” will depend on what he does tomorrow, when the presidential inaugurationat which Maduro assures that he will attend to be sworn in for a third consecutive six-year term in power.
The former deputy had called on opposition supporters to remain concentrates in “all of Venezuela”, with “serenity and firmness”and demonstrate for the “Fight” and “conquest” of “freedom”, and with “the same energy” of July 28, when she and the largest opposition coalition affirm that González Urrutia won by a wide margin.
