Security forces in Venezuela have used tear gas and rubber bullets to quell people demonstrating against last Sunday’s disputed election.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched into the central part of the capital on Monday evening, coming from the shantytowns located on the hills around Caracas towards the palace of the president.
Events in the Venezuelan capital brought up protests the following day after President Nicolás Maduro declared victory.
Mr. Maduro’s announcement has been contested by the opposition as well as fake since they asked for a recount of the votes, which was conducted on only 73. As much as 2% of the voting tallies, it has been established beyond doubt that its candidate, Edmundo González, had romped home.
Pre-election vox pops seemed to support this and assured a triumph for the challenger.
The opposition parties joined the candidate Mr. González in a bid to displace President Maduro, who has been in power for 11 years, with dissatisfaction resulting from the state’s fiscal problems.
Synchronized joyful activities, but the opposition calls for substantiation.
There were a lot of military and police forces on the Caracas streets; the goals of their actions were to attempt to disperse protesters and restrain them from getting close to the presidential palace.
It was claimed that various numerous crowds roamed the streets chanting such slogans as “freedom, freedom!” or “the government must go!”.
Some scenes that were evident included tires being set on fire on some highways and many people stoning the police, with police officers on motorcycles shooting tear gas.
