Venezuela: Opposition calls on Maduro to end violence

Hibapress / Radio Canada

Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who claims victory in the July 28 presidential election, called on President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday “to put an end to the violence and persecution.”

The Supreme Court, seized by the latter, recalled for its part that its decision to validate the result of the presidential election, contested by the opposition and part of the international community, will be without appeal.

Mr. Nicolas Maduro, I call on you on behalf of all Venezuelans to end the violence and persecution and immediately release all compatriots arbitrarily detained.launched on social networks Mr. Gonzalez Urrutiawho has not been seen publicly for over a week.

The post-election unrest left 24 people dead, according to human rights non-governmental organizations, and 2,200 people arrested, according to Mr. Maduro, who reported two members of the security forces killed.

Prisoners held in several centers in Caracas were to be transferred Saturday to two high-security prisons in Tocoron And Tocuyitolocated respectively 100 and 200 kilometers west of the capital.