Maduro urges Venezuelans to report protesters who question his reelection

CARACAS, Venezuela — Government security forces are detaining volunteer poll watchers who monitored the presidential election here Sunday, opposition leaders said, and President Nicolás Maduro is encouraging Venezuelans to report protesters who dispute the claim that he won.

More than 1,000 people have been arrested and at least 16 have been killed in mass protests since the election, government officials and civil society groups said Wednesday, as Venezuelans continued to question the reelection of the authoritarian socialist.

Maduro’s electoral council says he defeated challenger Edmundo González by 7 percentage points to win six more years in office, but has refused to publish voting data to support the claim.

Independent exit polling, an analysis of results from a sample of voting centers and, the opposition says, the government’s own records show González captured twice as many votes as Maduro. Maduro claimed on Wednesday that the opposition had hacked the country’s voting system.

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2 Comments

Omperate August 2, 2024 at 07:31

Rats get bats.
Boon August 2, 2024 at 13:49

Like the alphabet agencies aren’t taking notes and IP addresses on Americans they fear have a backbone, spent a few days in the city and horrified by what I see of the downfall of the area. Rural communities are the only place close to a sanctuary at this point and you need to be setting up defensive positions there folks!