“Back on the streets, from end to end“!,” the president celebrated before a crowd that filled the emblematic Bolivar Avenue. “People in the streets saying: victory, people’s victory!“.
During his speech, Maduro highlighted: “We have established a new political, social, cultural majority, which will be expressed with a resounding electoral majoritynot only have we united Chavismo, we are all united without a single crack, a single block of force.” Earlier, in an act in Maracaibo, capital of the oil state Zulia, He promised a triumph wielding a saber of the Venezuelan hero Simon Bolivar.
“The future of Venezuela is being decided for the next 50 years. Peace or war, riot or tranquilityextreme right or Chavista, fascism or popular democracy, wild capitalism. We have the final battle. There will be a homeland or we will be a colony. Think well about your family, your business, your company, your work,” the president emphasized.
The opposition, optimistic, predicted a “free Venezuela”
From the opposite sidewalk, Gonzalez Urrutia and Machado They closed the campaign in the commercial neighborhood The Mercedeswhose main avenue was packed. “Yes we can, yes we can!”people shouted as the flatbed truck passed by, from which they both waved.
“Long live free Venezuela!” Machado shouted to the crowd as he raised his right hand to Gonzalez. “We are ready to vote and win!” he added.
Maduro accuses the opposition of plan to ignore the results in order to carry out acts of violence. He also said that the Armed Forceswho claims to be loyal to him, could rise up against a possible opposition government.
At the president’s event, one of his supporters wore a T-shirt that read: “I choose Nicolas.” “This is a feeling that runs through our veins,” he said. However, there were strong allegations of coercion against public employees to attend these demonstrations. Some pro-government supporters admitted to the AFP agency that they attended “under duress.”
Concern in the region about the legitimacy of the elections in Venezuela
The election will be held in the middle of Questions from the presidents of Brazil and Chile, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Gabriel Boricto recent comments by Ripe on possibility of a “bloodbath” if he loses the election.
For its part, The United States warned that “political repression” and “violence is unacceptable.” Besides, John Kirbya Homeland Security spokesman, said he expects the votes to be “reflect the will and aspirations of the people.”
Washington together with the European Union and some Latin American countries They ignored Maduro’s reelection in 2018following allegations of fraud by the opposition.
“Although the elections in Venezuela will hardly be free or fair, Venezuelans have the best opportunity in more than a decade to elect their own government. The international community should support them,” he said. Juanita Goebertusdirector of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch.
Source: Ambito
