The most recent: Venezuela chooses between another president’s term under Maduro’s name Maduro or major changes
Venezuelans are deliberating whether to extend a six-year extension to presidency of Nicolas Maduro and extend the policies that led to the worst economic crisis or back his last-minute rival, the former diplomat Edmundo Gonz…
From The Associated Press
28 Jul 2024 at 04:54 4:54
Venezuelans are deciding whether to extend the country another 6 years of the president Nicolas Maduro and extend the policies that caused the world’s most devastating peacetime economic crisis, or to support his last-minute rival, retired diplomatic official Edmundo Gonzalez.
Around 17 million people are entitled to vote.
Gonzalez is an opposition coalition following being selected in April as an alternate to the leader of opposition Maria Corina Machado who was disqualified by Maduro’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice. In rare instances opposition parties have been able come together to support the same candidate.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -The polls are opened on the ballot in Venezuela with 17 million citizens are expected to choose whether to grant the increasingly oppressive Nicolas Maduro a third presidential term or to put their money on a newcomer who’s not well-known and who promises to end the 25 years of a one-party system.
The former diplomatic officer Edmundo Gonzalez is the only candidate who poses an actual danger to Maduro’s grasp on power.
The opposition was against the presidential election, which enabled Maduro to gain comfortably in the midst of a period of high inflation and huge shortages.
Although the political situation is not much better however, the opposition is trying to win this time for the notion that a massive discontent with Maduro’s handling of the economy could result in his downfall. When it was at its most unifying during the 2015 elections for the parliamentary election, it was able to sweep away the socialist party that was in power.
CARACAS Venezuela — The opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez expressed his happiness at the amount of Venezuelans waiting all night from late Saturday night to early Sunday morning at election centers.
“Today more than ever before, Venezuelans demonstrate that we are all people. We see the lines of hope and happiness. Today is the day of peace and harmony for all Venezuelans,” said Gonzalez before a crowd of journalists right after he had taken his vote.
“The the spirit of democracy within Venezuelans is greater than ever, and now is the right time to make changes in circumstances,” added the ex-diplomat. If she succeeds, Gonzalez promised to create conditions that allow over eight million of Venezuelans to return to their home country after fleeing the growing crisis.
“We do not look at another round of Venezuelans who are leaving the country and, for those who left, I assure to make every effort to ensure that they return with an open heart,” said the president. said. “To all Venezuelans across the globe. Your courage and determination inspire us. We all are looking for freedom,” he added.Jorge Rueda Jorge Rueda Jorge Rueda
CARACAS Venezuela CARACAS, Venezuela Maria Gabriela Chavez was one of the daughters of the late president, when she sat down and take her vote in a class, under the supervision of Chavez’s face depicted on murals.
“Tenemos which we could be victorious,” she told AP of the advice her father might have given in the event that he was still alive.
The vote is scheduled for Sunday to coincide with the 70th birthday celebrations of Chavez who passed away in 2013 of cancer.
Chavez declared that she is happy with the decision. It’s designed to increase the love to her dad’s work. It will as well give Maduro his carefully chosen political heirs, a boost in a race which is extremely overcrowded.
“Siempre welcomes into the clan of political.” said Chavez She plans to continue to lay an honorary wreath at the burial site of her father’s in the fort’s hilltop area later in the day on Sunday.
CARACAS Venezuela Judy Oropeza says after her sister’s passing in the year 2019 she pledged to never support the exact government which was working with her as a part as a teacher at the school.
The time was zenith of the economic downturn in Venezuela and because of the general shortages Oropeza’s sister Oropeza could not get the medication she needed in order to manage hypertension.
Oropeza was in Colombia in search of employment since her income wasn’t enough to support for her husband and the son. “I returned home to grieve her loss in a violent manner,” she said, without letting out a scream.
Today while sitting on the bench of Caracas famed Plaza Bolivar, she acknowledges that things have changed.
After that, she quit the job she was adamant about to get rid of the hunger that has plagued her, and she has to watch every cent of her monthly $160 in wages in the business sector. “There’s peace now,” she says as street sweepers clean the fallen leaves from the floor made of the marble. “But it’s not all peace. There are still wounds which will never heal. This is the reason I am in favor of changes. “
– Joshua Goodman
CARACAS Venezuela one of the main elements which will determine the outcome of Maduro’s election on Sunday is the ability that the party in power has to attract its base.
One method, dubbed 1×10, asks each Maduro enthusiast to bring 10 relatives and friends.
In response to questions on Sunday regarding the effort to boost participation in the voting process, Maduro campaign chief Jorge Rodriguez declared the following “our machines are in great condition. “
–Joshua Goodman
CARACAS Venezuela Authorities have scheduled Sunday’s elections to take place on the 70th birthday celebrations of his former President — the final attempt by Socialists to gain an advantage in the difficult contest for the presidency.
Former president and beloved leftist icon, died of cancer in 2013 and left Maduro as his successor in the political arena.
In the hillside of poverty neighborhood, Chavez’s remains Chavez are housed in a mausoleum Chavez’s supporters gathered to share a cake to mark His birthday.
–Joshua Goodman
President of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council Elvis Amoroso affirms that 95% of all polling stations across Venezuela are open to the public.
The council has installed 30026 voting machines that will be used during the election.
Amoroso said on the weekend that election authorities as well as Amoroso were in a “clear conscience” about their work.
He claimed that all workers in the polling booths were present in the voting centers at the time that they began to open at around 6.30 a.m.
–Jorge Rueda
CARACAS, Venezuela — In the working class Petare neighborhood, which is located to the east side of Caracas there were people waiting to cast their votes for hours ahead of when the vote began.
Judith Cantilla, a 52-year-old domestic worker, told the media, “In the name of God the world will be a good place. Everybody can take their own place in the world and, (it’s time for) to make a change in Venezuela. “
She also mentioned the people are tired and that the change for Venezuela are about creating increasing security and jobs and better medical treatment in hospitals, and greater wages for teachers and doctors.
In a different area, Liana Ibarra, a manicurist from the city of Caracas was in the line around 3.30 a.m. early on Sunday morning, and was welcomed by over 150 people who were in queue ahead on her.
the 35-year old Ibarra said that her aunt wrote her a letter at her residence in U.S. at 2 a.m. to determine if she was in line.
Her backpack was on her back, filled with coffee, cassava and water Ibarra said there was a lack of interest in the results of the election “but this isn’t the case any more. “
The eleven siblings of her mother have all relocated. They’ve not acted on her instructions because her 5-year-old son has special needs. If Gonzalez does not win, she’ll seek family members to sponsor her son’s application to enter the U.S. legally. U.S. legally.
“We can’t continue,” she said.
— Fabiola Sanchez and Regina Garcia Cano
CARACAS, Venezuela -at least eight of the representatives of parties selected by the National Electoral Council to provide oversight of Venezuela’s largest voter center in capital Caracas were barred from accessing the voting facility for more than an hour after the polling was set to start.
The officers of the police gathered at the front of the building as participants handed out their certificates, which will allow users access.
Marisol Contreras, 58 who is the representative of the Party’s Unitary Platform, said she was at the school around 4.30 a.m. when she was informed that she would not be admitted to the elementary school.
The government personnel arrived at the entry point and advised them that all the personnel needed were in the building.
Marlyn Hernandez is the coordinator of the center for voting She stated that she was unsure what the motive was behind authorized representatives not being allowed in the school, in which there are more than 11,000 children who are been registered as voters. The center was open for an interval of 90 minutes.
CARACAS Venezuela — President Nicolas Maduro says he will take the result of the presidential election and requested that other candidates publicly confirm the results.
Maduro declared after the election on Sunday that he would not allow any violence to occur. Maduro declared following the election that “no one can cause unrest in Venezuela.” President Maduro declared that “I acknowledge and agree with the election referee’s decision in addition to the official declarations by the authorities in charge” and he’ll make sure all the outcomes are recognized.
He asked the remaining participants “to respect, to make a good sport, and try to be respected and to declare publicly that they have respect for the announcement” which stated that the contestant would be to be declared the winner.
TOKYO, Japan — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Venezuelans deserve an election “that is in line with their beliefs and free of manipulation tactics. “
At a press conference held in Tokyo on Sunday, Blinken said his belief that the U.S. does not influence the outcome of the elections and that the international community has been “watching carefully” and encouraged each candidate to “honor their commitments” and respect the democratic process. “
Blinken said that, despite being subject to extreme restriction, Venezuelans are showing “enormous enthusiasm” in anticipation of the forthcoming election.
He also said that”the U.S. and the international community have been a part of accordance with the Barbados election roadmap accord to restore freedoms of expression in all areas of Venezuela,” even though Maduro and his aides have been unable to meet a few of the agreements.
Caracas Venezuela opposition supporters greeted presidential candidate Daniel Ceballos with shouts of “Get out! Get out! The perpetrator!” when he arrived to cast his ballot at an institution in Caracas. Caracas.
Ceballos has been one of the main organizers of the protests in opposition to Maduro in 2014 that called for the president’s resignation just a month following his victory. He was in prison for his actions.
Ceballos was afflicted with a loss of his energy after his release from prison several years later. Recently, Ceballos impressed all those people who met him, by signing up to contest Maduro by delivering a sharp criticism of opposition parties which thinks he’s an outsider. He also expressed shame for Maduro’s attempts to stay in his power position.
–Joshua Goodman
Clarisa Machado has cast her vote in support of Maduro of the middle-class Caracas neighborhood in Petare.
The sociologist who was 74 years old was convinced that the experience and knowledge that the government has gained over many years of crisis would assist in better preparing to meet the challenges yet to be overcome as well as improve Venezuelans their living standards.
“We Venezuelans, when we are knocked down by them then we climb back up and use it as a lesson in order to make sure that we aren’t in a position to fall yet again.” the woman said.
–Jorge Rueda
