Reflecting on the protests that followed the election, Venezuela’s contested president condemned a “premeditated plan” by “fascists”, “criminals and drug addicts”.
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“The United States considers itself the electoral authority in Venezuela and the rest of the world“, Nicolas Maduro castigated during a press conference organized on Friday, August 2, repeatedly attacking the head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, by name. During this press conference at the presidency, he once again denounced a “coup d’état led by the USA, the international extreme right and savage capitalism”.
During his speech, Nicolas Maduro returned, after a long preamble to the Constitution and the “Bolivarian electoral system”on the demonstrations of Monday and Tuesday contesting the results of the presidential election, a “prank call” electoral according to the opposition. He listed the “attacks carried out” by these “criminals” And “drugs”recently returned to Venezuela after being “trained in Texas”against buildings and symbols of power, including “27 statues of Simon Bolivar and Hugo Chavez.” “Blinken, are these peaceful protesters?”challenged the head of state, denouncing a “premeditated plan” by “fascists” who attacked the “symbols of Bolivarian Chavism”The US Secretary of State, arguing that “indisputable evidence”estimated that the opponent Edmundo Gonzalez won the presidential election of July 28.
Venezuela is expecting a crucial day of protests Saturday against the re-election of the Chavista president, who has continued to threaten opposition leaders who have been forced into hiding. The leader of Nicolas Maduro’s opponents, Maria Corina Machado, has called a meeting with her supporters on one of the main avenues of the capital Caracas.
