As the deadline expired yesterday for the Maduro government in Venezuela to show detailed poll-by-poll voting records, opposition candidate Edmundo González was recognized as president-elect of Venezuela by the governments of Argentina, the United States and Uruguay. (Peru already recognized him on Tuesday).
But on the streets of Caracas and other Venezuelan cities, there was no sign this week that the Maduro government was reconsidering its strategy of claiming victory and seeking to crush dissent through force.
On Friday, the opposition reported that its headquarters, El Bejucal in the Caracas district of Altamira, was raided and vandalized overnight by a group of six armed and hooded men wearing camouflage.
Arrests of volunteer poll workers continued across the country, as the government sought to prevent the opposition from uploading digitized receipts from individual polls that show the opposition with a margin of victory of more than two-to-one.
Venezuelan social media is full of videos of raids showing opposition volunteers being dragged from their homes. In some cases, angry crowds have attempted to prevent the arrests.
Venezuelans have also been posting videos of uniformed foreigners on the streets of Caracas, including Cubans and a soldier wearing the insignia of the Wagner Group, a notorious mercenary group linked to the Kremlin that has played a major role in wars in Ukraine and various parts of Africa.
Others have tracked flights arriving from Cuba, or photographed Russian aircraft landing in Caracas.
I don’t understand the people butt hurt by your comment. The US has tried to coup Venezuela multiple times john boltman admitted it on camera in an interview.
If you think the US ISNT trying a coup, then I have a bridge to sell you.
But you don’t get it, US government and that piece of human excrement John Bolton have got to be telling the truth this time!
(my apologies to human excrement for the unfair comparison)
When does Bolton’s tenure end? I’ve seen this guys named on so many shit shows for a really, really long time… Warhawk temper-tantrum weirdo
Oh just looked it up in wikipedia. He’s held some office during Regan, George HW, George W and Donald’s presidency… Doing shit show work all along the way. His tenure is ended, if we vote accordingly
Plz vote; kthx!
As soon as possible couldn’t be soon enough to get rid of this pestilence my friend. He never saw a war he didn’t like, as if the devastation him and his kind have caused already wasn’t enough. Absolutely astounding.
Edit: Not fair to leave unmentioned he (and his ilk, Victoria Nuland) was highly in involved in the Biden administration’s handling of Ukraine. It is all the same mfers behind the scenes, if not worse waiting in the wings, and voting ain’t doing shit about it. Which is why you’re still allowed to do so.