Update(1425ET): The Brazilian administration of Luiz Inรกcio Lula da Silva had as of Monday said he wouldnโt congratulate Venezuelaโs Maduro for now following Sundayโs election. โThe Brazilian government welcomes the peaceful nature of yesterdayโs [Sundayโs] elections in Venezuela and is following the counting process closely,โ a statement had said. Maduro has responded to the leftist leader, saying heโll release election data with full transparency to the world:
Nicolas Maduro pledged to meet international demands to release full voting records from Venezuelaโs election during a meeting with a top adviser to Brazilโs Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, according to a Brazilian government official familiar with the matter.
Maduro met Celso Amorim, Lulaโs chief foreign affairs adviser, at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Monday, amid mounting pressure from Brazil, Colombia and other nations to publicly verify the results of a Sunday election in which he was declared the winner and the opposition claimed fraud.
At this moment, no less than nine Latin American countries have yet to officially declare their recognition of Maduroโs third term. The White House too has said its is โreviewingโ what data that it can, and that there are โsignsโ that the official results donโt โreflect the will of the people.โ It has called on the government not to repress protesters.
VENEZUELA โ #ULTIMAHORA
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Meanwhile, opposition party Voluntad Popular announced Tuesday on X that its national coordinator Freddy Superlano has been detained by Maduroโs security services. This is likely due to opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez still sticking by his declarations of victory and that the election was stolen.
The top military leadership and generals in Caracas have made clear in a televised address they are remaining loyal to the Maduro governmentโฆ
Venezuela Defense Minister: โWe reaffirm the most absolute loyalty and unconditional support to Nicolรกs Maduro Moros, Constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Our Commander in Chief, legitimately reelected by the Peopleโs Power..โ pic.twitter.com/vZFKb4KQtT
โ Camila (@camilapress) July 30, 2024
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โWeโve seen this movie before,โ said Venezuelaโs President Nicolas Maduro from the presidential palace following a night of massive protests and unrest which has seen clashes with police. The protests look to spread Tuesday, as new large rallies are being planned.
โWe have been following all of the acts of violence promoted by the extreme right,โ he added in the fresh remarks cited by Reuters. Overnight, several United Socialist Party of Venezuela offices and headquarters were burned by oppositionists who charge that the election was stolen.

Maduro also commented, โIโm getting a video here of the burning of PSUVโs headquarters in Calabozoโฆ this is very typical of what they call โColor Revolutionsโ, designed by the Americans. Itโs a script.โ
Protests have reportedly come near the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, with crowds โ many of which marched by foot from rural districts โ clashing with police, even using petrol bombs against security forces. And as we detailed previously, a number of statues depicting former President Hugo Chavez, Maduroโs mentor and leader of the country from 1999-2013, were torn down.
There are scenes of possible gunfire in the Venezuelan capital. Unverified social media videos appear to show that some of the anti-Maduro protesters are armed.
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Esbirros del rรฉgimen de Nicolรกs Maduro, continรบan disparando a plena luz del dรญa en Caracas. pic.twitter.com/4awpI5ElBg
โ UHN Plus (@UHN_Plus) July 30, 2024
At the same time, gangs of armed government enforcers have been patrolling on motorcycles โ something which had also played out in similar 2019 protests.
Some videos are circulating which purport to show a hospital on fire amid the mayhemโฆ
Esto es terrorismo
Seguidores de Marรญa Corina queman un Hospital en Coche. No quieren actas, quieren desestabilizar el paรญs pic.twitter.com/uLMw2CqfC5
โ Vanessa Ortiz (@VanessaOrtizz) July 30, 2024
A number of media correspondents have also observed many peaceful protests throughout the country. The protesters believe that opposition candidate, former diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez โ backed by popular leader Maria Corina Machado โ was robbed in Sundayโs vote.
โVideos from across the country, from Charallave to Caucagรผita, show crowds banging their pots โ a rattling cacophony so loud it can be heard from far away across an entire city,โ observed CNN correspondents. โCNN teams witnessed dozens of national guard soldiers in riot gear repressing the mostly peaceful protests with tear gas and batons.โ
Unconfirmed footage shows that both sides are armed and have engaged in firefightsโฆ
Some of the gangs which switched sides and joined the protesters are now engaged in firefights with Maduroโs Colectivos gangs
The protesters need their help as they are the only ones in Venezuela who havenโt been completely disarmed by the communist regime
โ Visegrรกd 24 (@visegrad24) July 30, 2024
In his latest press conference opposition candidate Gonzรกlez claimed he has proof that the election was stolen.
โI speak to you with the calmness of the truth,โ Gonzรกlez told dozens of supporters. โWe have in our hands the tally sheets that demonstrate our categorical and mathematically irreversible victory.โ
He said this following National Electoral Council, which is deeply embedded with the ruling Unites Socialist Party of Venezuela, officially declared Maduro the winner, allowing him a third six-year term. โMachado told reporters tally sheets show Maduro and Gonzalez received more than 2.7 million and roughly 6.2 million votes respectively,โ according to the AP. But Maduro has vowed to enforce the โrule of lawโ in the face of the protests.
As for the claims of โcolor revolutionโ โ this hearkens back to the 2019 unrest which centered on Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido trying to launch a coup with help from the United States.
Donald Trumpโs National Security Advisor John Bolton in 2019:
โOur sanctions on Venezuela have frozen $7 billion in PDVSAโs assets and will cost Venezuela
$11 billion of lost revenue in the next yearโ
Socialism didnโt destroy Venezuela, US sanctions didโฆ pic.twitter.com/srpiVrIBnl
โ Afshin Rattansi (@afshinrattansi) July 30, 2024
Current chaos in the capital has resulted in some pundits recalling press briefings from that period of the Trump administration where top US officials openly boasted of trying to subvert and divide the population using sanctions and immense political pressure.
Guaido was then named by Washington and an number of Western allies โInterim Presidentโ โ a title which more recently was quietly dropped as he has failed to maintain broad support within the country.
Source: ZeroHedge News
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