A massive global protest Maria Corina Machado An accomplished Massive call Both are inside Venezuela Abroad, with More than 300 cities Blue, yellow and red were painted and thousands of people protested against Nicolás Maduro's fraud. Due to the time difference in each country, the event took place throughout Saturday and showed the world Strength and unity of opposition partiesIt is determined to ensure that his vote is respected in the July 28 elections and not to allow the regime to remain in power.
The first films were from the beginning Australia And New ZealandEven the rain didn't stop people. After a while, it became known about the concentration in Venezuela Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka And MatsumotoIn Japanas well as in various areas China, South Korea And the capital Malaysia.
“Where Venezuela is, there is a citizen who respects freedom and truth. 28J #GanóVzla and the world knows it,” assessed the command with Venezuela on social networks.
India and Egypt It also brought together Venezuelan immigrants, hoping for a change in their home country.
Later, images began to spread from Europe. “Freedom for Venezuela,” read some posters Brussels, BelgiumWhile inside Frankfurt And Paderborn Some sentences were in German.
In Amsterdam, NetherlandsVenezuelans chose the square in front of the central train station to wave their flags and demand the recognition of Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect. Meanwhile, Zurich It added to its support by projecting the message “Free Venezuela” on the screens of its trains.
People of Venezuela Copenhagen They focused on two fundamental issues in the country: respect for decisions and the regime's brutal persecution of the opposition. Thus, a placard at the rally read, “Imagine holding an election and that The government declared itself the “winner” but refused to show the results. There are no results. No transparency” said another: “Imagine your govt Mark the houses with an X to identify where households who voted for the opposition live”.
Voices were also raised Henry AlviarezHe was arrested as part of the campaign.
“Riga, LatviaStands for the freedom of Venezuela”, while the propaganda command of Machado and González Urrutia celebrated by releasing images of Venezuela telling the world “we will not accept lies or traps”.
However, one of the largest gatherings of Puerta del Sol MadridThe number of gift givers ended up collapsing. Some are rated as 15,000 They chanted “Freedom, Freedom” there. includes, Isabel Diaz AyuzoThe head of the Madrid community celebrated by joining the demonstration: “How free you are when you are not afraid.”
Then he pointed out “Democracy without law is not democracy, ballot boxes without the rule of law are not elections… they are theater and that's what Maduro wants”.
Other centers of focus within Spain were Andalusia, Alicante, Barcelona and Málaga, the latter being chosen by singer Carlos Pot to participate.
Also, a sizeable crowd gathered at the doors of the Venezuelan embassy LondonThere they sang the anthem, chanted slogans against Nicolás Maduro's dictatorship, and held up their flags and placards.
In this area, the Venezuelan people also made themselves felt Lisbon, Portugal; Florence, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Turin and RomeIn Italy; Lyon, Marseille, Lille, Bordeaux, Bayonne, La Rochelle, Le Havre and ParisIn France; To the rhythm of slogans like “No fraud”, “No oppression”, “Edmondo president” and “Leave Maduro”.
The wave continued its course to the American continent, where the neighboring country Bogota Chavista saw its squares filled with citizens who had experienced firsthand the effects of dictatorship. “It's different this time, the ray of hope is actually shining much stronger because the world is realizing it. There is really a scam, they are really scamming, the people in Venezuela have no freedom“Said a woman who left her country with nothing.
Buenos Aires He presented the prize to a large crowd, first at the door of the Venezuelan Embassy, then at the Floralis Generica in the United Nations Plaza. “Maduro the murderer” and “Venezuela libre” were the two main slogans of the event.
Mexico, Chile, Brazil And Dominican Republic They joined the list as did the Venezuelan nationals MiamiAmerica took the opportunity to sing the national anthem. The same thing happened in Times Square in New York.
In Uruguay, meanwhile, a call was made at the Plaza Independencia in Montevideo, where “Who are we? Venezuela, what do we want? Freedom”, “We win, we gather” and endless insults to Maduro.
Thousands of Venezuelans living in Chile called on Maduro this Saturday to shout, “Enough!” They shouted and demanded to show all the minutes of July 28 elections and leave the government. “We are here supporting our president Edmundo (González) and our leader María Corina Machado until the end. We are not going to fall because we know victory is ours,” Jarne Escalona, who has lived in Chile for a few years, told EFE.
(with information from EFE)