The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said on Saturday (11), one day after taking office for his third term, that the country is preparing, with Cuba and Nicaragua, allied countries, to “take up arms” to defend.
In a speech at the closing event of the World Anti-Fascist Festival, held in Caracas, the Venezuelan president stated that it is necessary to have the capacity to “peacefully defeat “fascism”, but “if necessary”, to be able to “face it with weapons in hand and the legitimate armed struggle of humanity.”
“Venezuela is preparing itself together with Cuba, with Nicaragua, with our bigger brothers in the world, for if one day we have to take up arms to defend the right to peace, sovereignty and the historical rights of our homeland. Fight in the armed struggle and win again”, expressed Maduro at the event, which was attended by members of the Workers’ Party and the Landless Movement of Brazil.
The speech comes after countries from the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada increased sanctions against Venezuela, and after the former president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, called for international military intervention, “preferably supported by the United Nations.” , to remove Chavismo from power and organize free elections in the country.
Last Friday (10), moments before Maduro’s inauguration, the operational strategic commander of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, General Domingo Hernández Larez, posted videos on social media showing missiles pointing to the sky, stating that “the homeland has become defends.”
The country also closed its borders and airspace following opposition party Edmundo González’s statement that he would enter the country to take office. Minutes published by the Venezuelan opposition indicate that the former candidate would have won the July presidential elections. The country’s National Electoral Council, however, attributed the victory to Maduro.
Faced with threats of arrest and that his plane would be shot down, the opponent later stated that he will go to Venezuela later, at the appropriate time.
In the days before his inauguration, Maduro stated that in every factory and workplace in the country there should be armed “bodies of combatants” of the Bolivarian National Militia, a force made up of trained civilians and former military personnel who act as an auxiliary body to the military.
Understand the crisis in Venezuela
The Venezuelan opposition and the majority of the international community do not recognize the official results of the July 28 presidential elections, announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, which give victory to Nicolás Maduro with more than 50% of the votes.
The CNE results were never corroborated with the release of electoral records that detail the number of votes per polling table.
The opposition, in turn, published the minutes that it says it received from its party inspectors and that would give victory by almost 70% of the votes to former diplomat Edmundo González, an ally of María Corina Machado, the opposition leader who was prevented from speaking. apply.
Chavismo claims that 80% of the documents released by the opposition are falsified. Maduro’s allies, however, do not show any electoral records.
The Venezuelan Public Ministry, in turn, initiated an investigation against González for publishing the minutes, alleging usurpation of electoral power functions.
The opponent was summoned three times to give testimony about the publication of the minutes and ended up taking refuge in Spain at the beginning of September, after having an arrest warrant issued against him.
Several opponents have been arrested since the beginning of the electoral process in Venezuela. Only after the July 28 election, at least 2,400 people were arrested and 24 died, according to human rights organizations.
Elections in Venezuela had an electronic ballot box and printed votes; understand
This content was originally published in Maduro says Venezuela is preparing with Cuba and Nicaragua for armed struggle on the CNN Brasil website.
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