In his war against Elon Musk, he has decided to cancel the platform in the country for 10 days. Experts consulted by ‘Euronews’ assure that he does so to prevent images of the repression and protests planned for the coming days from being spread.
The repression and human rights violations in Venezuela two weeks after July 28 elections that gave the official ‘victory’ to Nicolás Madurodespite the fact that the electoral college minutespublished by the opposition, indicate the opposite.
Organizations like Criminal Forum denounce an extreme situation in the countrymired in protests against electoral fraud already recognized by the Carter Centerwhom Maduro accuses of inciting “a coup d’état” and even by others left-wing governments like the Chilean Javier Boric.
1,263 arbitrary arrests
According to the latest count of victims from Foro Penal, there have been 1,263 arbitrary arrests in Venezuela, 114 of those arrested would be minors.
The figure would be even higher according to Amnesty Internationalwhich talks about more than 2,000 detainees “for being critical of the Government”, something that Maduro himself has boasted about.
Torture, deaths and excessive use of force
Amnesty International has published a report in which they denounce the existence of “torture, deaths and excessive use of force” in order to “silence dissent and protest.”
The UN Fact-Finding mission as well as the Prosecutor’s Office of the International Criminal Court They also consider that these events “committed in Venezuela seem to constitute crimes against humanity“.
Human rights violations and 24 deaths
The Nicolás Maduro regime wants to prevent at all costs the international community from seeing such human rights violations in your country. The number of dead protesters now amounts to 24 according to the Venezuelan NGO Provea.
To save time, the Government asked the Supreme Court for an audit of the scrutinyafter one of the electoral officials of Maduro’s party (PSUV)assured in statements to ‘Euronews’ that they would not do so.
Political analysts consulted by this means assure that said investigation by the Supreme Court, which intends to act as an arbitrator between the Government and the opposition, will reiterate the questioned result already offered by the National Electoral Council on election nightdespite the fact that even an independent investigation by the ‘Associated Press’ considers it false.
The magistrates They have summoned all the candidates to testify who ran for election, including Nicolás Maduro and Edmundo González Urrutia. This second He has refused to attend the summons due to the possibility of being arrested. “If I go to the Electoral Room under these conditions I will be in absolute vulnerability for defenselessness and violation of due process,” he said.
The Supreme Court, controlled by Chavismo
The Supreme Court is in the hands of magistrates linked to Chavismo. They were chosen by the National Assemblycontrolled mainly by the PSUV and, some of them, They were directly part of previous governments chavistas in Venezuela. He denounces it CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
This is the reason why it is expected that in the coming days social mobilizations can be intensified and the protests in the streets, despite the fact that even the opposition leader Maria Corina Machado He has asked for calm to maintain the political struggle, avoiding more imprisonments.
Nicolás Maduro has announced that will ban Elon Musk’s social network, Xwith whom he maintains a dialectical war since the elections, after also communicating his intention to block WhatsApp for being a “fascist” application.
Sources of all solvency explain to ‘Euronews’ that Maduro’s objective is prevent images of repression from being spread What will there be about the protests in the coming days, when the Supreme Court publishes the result of its impartial investigation.
Opposition politicians imprisoned
Even members of the opposition party, such as Maria Oropezacoordinator of Sell Venezuela in the Venezuelan State of Portuguesa or Freddy Superlano, head of the opposition campaign, are victims of the greater political persecution that is remembered in the country, although not the first. They charge the majority of detainees terrorism crimes.
ADVERTISINGThey are not the only ones, other opposition politicians like former deputy Américo de Grazia or the former governor of Mérida, Williams Dávila, They have also been arrested. Relatives of both speak of kidnapping and assure that their whereabouts are unknown.
OAS international reaction
The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), which failed carry out a condemnation of the electoral process Venezuelan for the veto of Mexico, Colombia and Brazilhas requested their immediate release.
“We demand immediate release. “As an international community we cannot accept the normalization of human rights violations.”said Luis Almagro on his social networks.
Dávila’s arrest took place this morning, after the vigil held in Caracas to “light a light for freedom” at the end of a peaceful demonstration calling for an end to violence and repression.
ADVERTISINGEven the candidate who would have won the elections, Edmundo González Urrutiaas well as the leader of the opposition, Maria Corina Machadoare in danger after the country’s Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal investigation against them. Opposition leaders in exile, like former MEP Leopoldo López Gilhave expressed to ‘Euronews’ their concern about their possible arrest.
People close to Nicolás Maduro’s entourage begin to raise your voice against himwhich makes Chavista circles fear a more than likely loss of support. Even relatives of some of the main leaders are already speaking against them.
Ludmila Godfather, before Minister of Defense of the Government of Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino López, has publicly asked him during an interview on the ‘NTN24’ program ‘La noche’ to put on “on the right side: the side of the people.”
Nicolás Maduro relies on Russia
All this, added to the fraud at the polls, has meant that More and more countries avoid recognizing the victory of Nicolás Maduro who only has left take refuge in your main ally: Russia.
ADVERTISINGMoscow, in the midst of internal and diplomatic tensions, has sent a ship from Cuba to the Venezuelan coast that has generated the US concern. Washington calls for a “peaceful transition” with the conviction that the minutes presented by the opposition “They are almost impossible to fake,” according to the State Department for Latin America.
