Leaders say that January 9th will be the day when the “flag is united in a single cry for freedom”
The main opponents of the president in Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro (United Socialist Party of Venezuela, left), called for demonstrations in the country on the eve of the presidential inauguration, scheduled for Friday (10.Jan.2025), at the country’s National Assembly.
The leader of the Venezuelan opposition, María Corina Machado, published a video on X (former Twitter) this Sunday (5 January 2025), stating that Thursday (9 January) will be the day on which they will unite the “flag in a single cry for freedom”.
“I’ll go with you. This January 9th, everyone takes to the streets, in Venezuela and around the world. Glory to the brave people”, wrote the leader.
Edmundo González (La Plataforma Unitaria Democrática, center-right), republished the post. “Everyone on the streets of our dear country”, he wrote.
Everyone in the streets of our beloved country!
— Edmundo González (@EdmundoGU)
Maduro’s opponent went to Argentina and Uruguay this weekend, and met with the heads of the Executive of the respective countries to present what he says are the electoral records of the election indicating his victory. In Buenos Aires and Montevideo, it was called “elected president of Venezuela”.
González used the beginning of this year to go on a “tour” to pressure neighbors not to recognize Maduro’s victory.
In addition to Argentina, where he was welcomed by Javier Milei, and Uruguay, he must also go to Panama, the Dominican Republic and the United States. Brazil is not on the itinerary.
The diplomat has been there since September 2024. He sought refuge in the European country after the Venezuelan court against him for failing to comply with 3 subpoenas from the Public Prosecutor’s Office to clarify the situation – although the documents are public in democratic countries with free elections.
VENEZUELA SOB MADURO
Venezuela lives under an autocracy headed by Nicholas Maduro61 years old. There is no freedom of the press. People can be arrested for “political crimes”. THE published in May 2021 (PDF – 179 kB) regarding the “illegitimate appointment” of the National Electoral Council.
A reported abuses in (PDF – 150 kB), (PDF – 161 kB) e (PDF – 151 kB). da Human Rights Watch in 2023 (PDF – 5 MB) states that 7.1 million Venezuelans have fled the country since 2014.
Maduro denies that the country lives under a dictatorship. He says there are regular elections and the opposition simply cannot win.
The presidential elections on July 28, 2024 are contested by the international community. The main opposition leader, María Corina, in June 2023 to hold public office for 15 years. The Venezuelan Supreme the decision in January 2024. He claimed “administrative irregularities” that were allegedly committed when she was a deputy, from 2011 to 2014, and for “corruption plot” for supporting Juan Guaidó.
Corina indicated the ally Corina Yoris to compete. However, Yoris because of an alleged flaw in the electoral system. The diplomat Edmundo González the role of being the main opposition candidate.
Venezuela’s government-controlled National Electoral Council on July 28, 2024, Maduro’s victory. The organ the result on August 2, 2024, but did not publish the ballots. The Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice, controlled by the current regime, on August 22, 2024 that the bulletins will not be released.
The Carter Center, a respected organization created by former US President USA Jimmy Carter, that the elections in Venezuela “they were not democratic”. Read the (in English – PDF – 107 kB) of the statement.
The results have subsequently been contested by the European Union and by several individual countries, such as the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic and Uruguay. Brazil has not yet recognized Maduro’s election in 2024, but neither does it make tougher demands like other countries that point to fraud in the process. The president (PT) did not see anything unusual in the country’s election.
Human Rights Watch criticized presidents Lula, Gustavo Petro (Colombia) and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico) in August 2024. They stated in a letter sent to the 3 that it was necessary for them to reconsider their positions on Venezuela and criticized the leaders’ proposals to resolve the impasse, as a general amnesty. Read the document (PDF – 2 MB).
