Opposition leader Machado calls for international verification of election Maduro claims to have won
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado receives a book from her supporters during an opposition protest on August 17th, 2024 in Caracas, Venezuela . Photograph: Jesus Vargas/Getty Images’s political opposition and its supporters gathered in cities around the country on Saturday to demand recognition of what they say is their candidate’s resounding victory in a presidential vote nearly three weeks ago.
Three years on: ‘I am impatiently waiting for the Taliban to be destroyed, I want to return to my homeland’Slowly, an account of Matthew Perry’s fragmenting last days has been pieced together. It’s a desperate taleThe international community has offered a raft of suggestions for overcoming the nearly three-week-old election crisis – including a new vote – but most have been rejected outright by both the ruling party and opposition.
In the cities of Valencia, San Cristobal and Barquisimeto, hundreds demonstrated, many waving Venezuelan flags, protest signs or copies of voting tallies. In Maracay, about 110km west of Caracas, about a hundred protesters were dispersed with tear gas. “We have won the right to make whatever future we want in Venezuela, however we want, and no one can stick their noses in Venezuela,” he told a crowd waving Venezuelan flags. “I do not go around giving advice to anybody in the world about what to do with this country or that country ... the door will be slammed on anyone who pokes their nose into Venezuela.”
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