2024 Venezuelan protests
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| 2024 Venezuelan protests | |||
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| Part of Crisis in Venezuela, 2024 Venezuelan presidential election | |||
| Date | 28 July – ongoing | ||
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| Status | Ongoing | ||
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The 2024 Venezuelan protests are a series of protests that arose following the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, allegations of electoral fraud by the opposition, and the swift proclamation of Nicolás Maduro for a third term to begin in January 2025. Spontaneous protests have been reported in various localities in the country.
Background
[edit]Following Elvis Amoroso's statements announcing Nicolás Maduro's victory in the early hours of 29 July, the majority opposition, organized around María Corina Machado and the Democratic Unitary Platform candidate, Edmundo González, denounced electoral fraud. Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, the United States, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, were skeptical of the results, calling for audits.[1][2][3][4][5] Maduro was proclaimed president for a third term months before the scheduled change of government, and before publishing the total results of the vote.[6]
Neither Machado nor González called for protests, but instead asked people to be present at the voting centers until they had records of the votes cast.[7]
Chronology
[edit]28 July
[edit]On 28 July 2024, the day of the election, Julio Valerio García, a citizen of Táchira, was shot dead by a group of motorcyclists. There were also four injured that day.[8]
On 28 July, the day of the election, Venezuelans in the Brazilian cities, Pacaraima, Boa Vista and São Paulo, demonstrated against Maduro. In São Paulo, hundreds of Venezuelan migrants participated in a demonstration in defense of democracy and calling for freedom.[9]
29 July
[edit]There were cacerolazos (pot banging as a form of protest[10]) from the east to the west and southwest of Caracas.[11] The protests began on 29 July; in Caracas, demonstrations were reported in Isaías Medina Angarita in Catia, Ruperto Lugo and Ruiz Pineda, as well as on the Caracas-La Guaira highway; in Aragua, they were reported in Cagua; in a sector of the state of Falcón, people also took to the streets.[12]
From the morning of 29 July, cacerolazos began in various areas of Caracas.[13][14] Later, in the morning, protests were reported in various popular areas of the capital, especially in several sectors of Petare[15] such as the San Blas or La Dolorita neighborhoods. A strong police presence was also reported in the capital.[15]
Several thousand protested near Caracas's largest poor neighborhood. In Petare, some masked young people tore down Maduro campaign posters.[16][17][18]
In Coro, some protesters tore down a statue which depicted the late president Hugo Chavez.[19]
The Caracas–La Guaira highway was blocked by protesters from the El Limón sector.[20]
Europa Press reported protests in Petare, Altamira, Chacaíto, Bellas Artes, La Vega, El Valle, Catia, and La Candelaria, as well as concentrations on the Petare–Guarenas highway, specifically in the parish of Caucagüita in the Sucre Municipality, Miranda state.[20]
References
[edit]- ^ Infobae, Por Newsroom (29 July 2024). "Javier Milei: "Argentina no va a reconocer otro fraude" en Venezuela". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Muñoz, Ixchel (29 July 2024). "Costa Rica debe reconocer a Edmundo González presidente de Venezuela, pide Bojorges". El Mundo CR (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Cerda, Luis (29 July 2024). "Presidente Boric y proclamación de Maduro como ganador: "No reconoceremos ningún resultado que no sea verificable"". La Tercera. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ GESTIÓN, NOTICIAS (29 July 2024). "Canciller González-Olaechea condena "fraude" perpetrado en Venezuela | elecciones en Venezuela | | PERU". Gestión (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "En Uruguay el oficialismo denuncia fraude tras anuncio de victoria de Nicolás Maduro". El Observador (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "A pesar del reclamo internacional, proclamaron a Nicolás Maduro como presidente de Venezuela". www.ambito.com. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Moleiro, Alonso (29 July 2024). "María Corina Machado rechaza reconocer como ganador a Maduro: "Venezuela tiene un nuevo presidente electo y es Edmundo González"". El País América (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Táchira: con un fallecido y varios heridos cierra proceso electoral". elestimulo.com (in Spanish). 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Venezuela volta a reabrir fronteira com o Brasil após fechar por 1h". G1 (in Portuguese). 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Sequera, Vivian (29 July 2024). "Venezuelan protests break out as government claims election win". Reuters. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "La semana comenzó con cacerolazos en toda Caracas | El Estímulo". elestimulo.com (in Spanish). 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Garcia | @Ariadnalimon, Ariadna (29 July 2024). "Rechazan resultados del CNE: cacerolazos y protestas en distintas partes del país". TalCual (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Se registran fuertes cacerolazos en Caracas un día después de las elecciones en Venezuela en repudio al fraude de Maduro". infobae (in European Spanish). 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ NTN24. "Caracas amanece con calles vacías y cacerolazos resonando en diferentes barrios de la ciudad | NTN24.COM". NTN24 (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Singer, Florantonia (29 July 2024). "Gritos de fraude, protestas y cacerolazos en los barrios contra la proclamación de Maduro". El País América (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Venezuelans take to streets of Caracas to protest Maduro's claim that he won presidential election". Associated Press. 29 July 2024.
- ^ "See how Venezuelans are using pots to protest Maduro's victory". CNN. 29 July 2024.
- ^ "See angry Venezuelans living abroad react to President Maduro's election win claim". CNN. 29 July 2024.
- ^ Nava, Mariela; Mircely, Guanipa; Vivian, Sequera (29 July 2024). "Venezuelan protests break out as government claims election win". Reuters.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Press, Europa (29 July 2024). "Opositores protagonizan caceroladas y cortes de carreteras en Venezuela". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 29 July 2024.