Politics Protests before Maduro's swearing-in ceremony in Venezuela
Thousands of people have protested in Venezuela against the planned swearing-in of authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro. "Today we are a united society, strong, determined and on the streets!" said opposition leader María Corina Machado on Platform X. People across the country took to the streets with slogans such as "Glory to the brave people", as can be seen in pictures on social networks. The opposition had called on people to protest against what it described as electoral fraud.
09.01.2025, 18:26
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After the presidential election in Venezuela in July, opposition candidate Edmundo González claimed victory. The USA and several Latin American countries recognize him as the winner of the election. However, the electoral authority, which is loyal to the opposition, declared President Maduro, who has been in power for almost twelve years, the winner.
González left for Spain at the beginning of September and applied for political asylum there. He recently announced that he would return to his home country and also be sworn in as president of the South American country on Friday. However, an arrest warrant has been issued for him in Venezuela.
The government had also mobilized a large contingent of security forces in Venezuela's capital Caracas over the past few days. The metro stations and entrance roads to Caracas are guarded by armed officers, the newspaper "El Nacional" recently reported. "At this hour, people are taking to the streets all over Venezuela... There are more and more of them," Machado announced. "So much so that the security forces withdrew from where they had taken the announced concentration points when the people arrived."
