Hibapress / Radio-Canada
Flags and minutes in hand, the Venezuelan opposition demonstrated Saturday in Caracas, promising not to “abandon the streets” until the “final” victory against the socialist president, Nicolas Maduro, whose re-election it contests.
We will not abandon the streetopposition leader Maria Corina Machado told thousands of supporters gathered in the east of the capital.
The voice of the people is respected. The whole world and all of Venezuela recognize that the elected president is Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiathe opposition candidate, said Ms. Machado, dressed in her traditional white top and perched on the bed of a truck.
Living in hiding for about two weeks, she had climbed into the vehicle a kilometre or two away, wrapped in a black hooded coat.
Freedom And Until the end shouted the crowd as he arrived. Many waved Venezuelan flags or copies of the minutes polling stations, which the opposition and part of the international community are demanding be published.
The protesters then sang the national anthem before dispersing.
