Machado claims that Maduro was soundly defeated in the July 28 vote by her party’s candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who has since been recognized as president-elect by the United States, Italy and several Latin American countries
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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. File image/ AP
Venezuela’s opposition called Sunday for mass protests on January 9, a day before President Nicolas Maduro is set to begin a third term following his widely disputed reelection.
“This day will be recorded in history as the day Venezuela said: enough!” popular opposition figure Maria Corina Machado said in a video shared on X.
“Freedom cannot be begged for… it must be conquered, it must be won.”
Machado claims that Maduro was soundly defeated in the July 28 vote by her party’s candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who has since been recognized as president-elect by the United States, Italy and several Latin American countries.
Venezuelan electoral authorities declared Maduro the winner shortly after the vote but have yet to release detailed results.
The opposition meanwhile has released a large set of polling-site results, showing Gonzalez Urrutia winning by a wide margin.
Mass protests broke out in the wake of the election, with a wave of crackdowns and clashes leaving at least 28 people dead and over 2,000 arrested.