Venezuela’s National Electoral Council announced that Venezuelan Dictator President Nicolás Maduro won the presidential election.
Venezuelans are ticked off. They’ve stormed the streets around the country, accusing Maduro of fraud and stealing the election:
In the capital’s impoverished Petare neighborhood, people started walking and shouting against Maduro, and some masked young people tore down campaign posters of him hung on lampposts. Heavily armed security forces were standing just a few blocks away from the protest.“It’s going to fall. It’s going to fall. This government is going fall!” some of the protesters shouted as they walked.“He has to go. One way or another,” said María Arráez, a 27-year-old hairdresser, as she joined in the demonstration.As the crowd marched through a different neighborhood, it was cheered on by retirees and office workers who banged on pots and recorded the protest in a show of support. There were some shouts of “freedom” and expletives directed at Maduro.Elsewhere, some protesters attempted to block freeways, including one that connects the capital with a port city where the country’s main international airport is.
***If any of these are from other Venezuelan protests, please let me know!
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