{"id":37645,"date":"2024-08-08T12:50:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T16:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=37645"},"modified":"2024-08-09T22:56:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T02:56:01","slug":"the-presidential-elections-in-venezuela-show-the-will-of-a-captive-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/the-presidential-elections-in-venezuela-show-the-will-of-a-captive-country\/","title":{"rendered":"The Presidential Elections In Venezuela Show The Will Of A Captive Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venezuela is witnessing one of the biggest opposition movements in its history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cneesvzla?lang=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consejo Nacional Electoral<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Venezuela\u2019s electoral council, declared Nicol\u00e1s Maduro president for his third consecutive term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2013, <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nicolasmaduro\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maduro<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has spearheaded Venezuela\u2019s socialist movement, nicknamed <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chavismo#:~:text=Broadly%2C%20Chavismo%20policies%20include%20nationalization,promote%20social%20ownership%20as%20well.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chavismo<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-a98697ebc91a4e378643406dd4f1a2a3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who pioneered the movement and was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout Maduro\u2019s tenure, the country has experienced poverty, hyperinflation and the emigration of millions of Venezuelans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maduro\u2019s biggest problem, however, is not the country\u2019s physical state, but his unwillingness to step down after citizens rejected Chavismo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, more citizens than ever voted against Maduro, including areas that have historically been pro-Chavismo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mariacorinamachado?igsh=cWdtemp2MjdycWVn\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Mar\u00eda Corina Machado<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, leader of Venezuela\u2019s opposition movement, was originally the party\u2019s lead candidate after she won<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/26\/proclaman-maria-corina-machado-ganadora-primarias-opositoras-venezuela-orix\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> p<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">rimary elections with 92.35 percent of the vote<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, in June of 2023, <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vozdeamerica.com\/amp\/venezuela-inhabilita-a-maria-corina-machado-para-cargos-publicos\/7162173.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the government banned Machado from holding office for 15 years<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for allegedly promoting international sanctions against Venezuela and supporting ex-political leader Juan Guaid\u00f3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That led to the appointment of <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/egonzalezurrutia?igsh=MWp2endibGJlOTE3aw==\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edmundo G\u00f3nzalez Urrutia<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a former Venezuelan ambassador to Argentina and Algeria. He led campaigns with Machado urging Venezuelans to show their will by voting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On July 28, Urrutia won the election <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/resultadosconvzla.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with 7,156, 462 votes, while Maduro only had 3,241,461 votes<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, proven by 81.70 percent of the voting receipts, which are public to the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dictatorship is denying the loss and the CNE claims Maduro won with <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/eduardomenoni\/status\/1817779486722498949?s=46\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">51.2 percent of the popular vote<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voting centers were corrupted by the CNE, as board members <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/oocprogresismo2\/status\/1817603563301879984?s=46\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would not allow citizens to enter to vote<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Federal employees, such as \u201ccolectivos,\u201d far-left armed groups, were also seen <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/impactosumustv\/status\/1818015476447891687?s=46\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stealing<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ballots, adding votes and <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mavica81\/status\/1817547067415220720?s=46\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">preventing<\/span><\/a> <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mavica81\/status\/1817547067415220720?s=46\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">witnesses of the opposition movement from receiving final tally sheets<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014a constitutional right that validates the elections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, citizens have <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stillgray\/status\/1818356096752664719?s=46\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gone to the streets to protest<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government has responded with the same oppression they have exhibited in the past 20 years, resulting in <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/emmarincon\/status\/1819063102027218984?s=10\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16 deaths and more than 1,200 citizens<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> being detained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even a 13-year-old girl has been subject to persecution, <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hwryooi\/status\/1819065214110765291?s=46\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">receiving six years of prison time for acts of \u201cterrorism&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> even though she was not involved in the ongoing protests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, the whole world has witnessed this electoral fraud. Venezuelans, along with countries like the <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/assessing-the-results-of-venezuelas-presidential-election\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United States<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/therenzostark96\/status\/1818056025049563544?s=46\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Argentina<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laprensagrafica.com\/elsalvador\/Bukele-califica-de-fraude-las-elecciones-de-Venezuela-20240729-0043.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Salvador<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, have pointed out the shameful act.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is not a fight between two political parties. It\u2019s a fight against immorality. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A government that spills the blood of its citizens does not represent democracy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urrutia is the elected president of Venezuela. Denying this fact is keeping the country captive. Families are being destroyed<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and if we don&#8217;t solve the problems of today, they will affect the children of tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of\u00a0 the data used in this column is from social media platforms because Venezuelan media outlets are run by the government and offer only the regime&#8217;s point of view.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela is witnessing one of the biggest opposition movements in its history. The Consejo Nacional Electoral, Venezuela\u2019s electoral council, declared Nicol\u00e1s Maduro president for his third consecutive term. Since 2013, Maduro has spearheaded Venezuela\u2019s socialist movement, nicknamed Chavismo after Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas, who pioneered the movement and was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13482623,"featured_media":37641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[3637],"class_list":{"0":"post-37645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-forum","8":"tag-venezuelan-elections"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Venezuela Elections Show The Will Of A Captive Country<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On July 28, Venezuela held presidential elections. 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