Venezuela has been under extreme tension since the July 28 elections, when, following widespread suspicions of fraud, the CNE declared Nicolás Maduro the winner.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machadodenounced that there is a “campaign of terror” In that country, after the repression deployed in response to the mobilizations against the re-elected president, Nicolas Maduroaccused of fraud.
Through an audio broadcast on social media, Machado warned of intimidation by the Venezuelan government: “They want to intimidate us so that we do not communicate, because we are isolated We would be much weaker and that is not going to happen. We will always find ways to stay connected, organized and active, fear will not paralyze us and we will not leave the streets.”
“Don’t be intimidatedmuch less depress or frighten or demoralize by dark forces that seek to isolate us and sow fear, noise among us, do not allow it: let us help our relatives and neighbors not to be victims of this campaign of terror,” added the opponent, who did not compete in the elections for having been denounced after requesting military intervention in her country.
On the other hand, in a mobilization that took place in Caracas in repudiation of the results of the presidential elections announced by the National Electoral Council, Machado said: “Edmundo González won the support of the people And we all knew what we were saying. Our job is to treat our citizens with loyalty. We made history, this is over.”
Nicolás Maduro announced that he will “break relations with WhatsApp”
In the midst of a tense moment at the national level, with strong accusations of fraud in last Sunday’s elections and with massive opposition mobilizations, the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurogenerated a new controversy: he called for a Popular boycott of WhatsAppthe most used messaging app in the world. According to the president, Military personnel, police officers and community leaders who are supporting his controversial re-election received “threats” via this means.
“I’m going to break off relations with WhatsApp, because WhatsApp is being used to threaten Venezuela and then I’m going to delete my WhatsApp from my phone foreverlittle by little I will pass my contacts to Telegram, to WeChat“said the president during a Chavista demonstration.
In this sense, he encouraged his followers to leave this means of communication: “Say no to WhatsApp!”, He continued, calling for a “voluntary, progressive and radical” withdrawal of the application, owned by Meta along with other social networks such as Facebook and Instagram.
“By WhatsApp is threatening the Venezuelan military family, the police family, street and community leaders“, he assured.
Source: Ambito
