Maduro is preparing to toughen his dictatorship of fear in Venezuela with more repression

Nicolás Maduro is still willing to do anything to remain in powereven to start a civil war. The results of the tests do not matter. electionsthe international pressure or the multitudinous demonstrations -in Caracas or the rest of the world-.

The leader of the Chavista regime has ensconced in a watchtower of power from which he murders those who protest and imprisons or exiles opponents and their families. All this, with the international rejection and even condemnation from the United Nationswhich sees with “concern” the “arbitrary detentions” and “intimidation” in Venezuela.

On the day before his investiture ceremony at 12:00 PM local time (05:00 am on Saturday in Spain), the delegation of the opposition member María Corina Machado was intercepted by gunfire in Caracas. Immediately, it was “violently” arrested. Meanwhile, both in the Venezuelan capital and in other cities such as New York, Paris, Buenos Aires, Brussels or Madrid, thousands of people They demonstrated against the Maduro regime without him seeming to care or be affected.

González himself reacted after Machado’s arrest and demanded the “immediate” release of María Corina Machado. “As president-elect, I demand the immediate release of María Corina Machado. To the security forces that kidnapped her I say: don’t play with fire“, the opponent stressed in a brief message published on his social networks. After his release, he reacted: “Very serious! That María Corina is free does not minimize the fact of what happened, was kidnapped in conditions of violence“.

González could precisely be the great counterweight to the Chavista leader this Friday. The opposition leader, exiled in Spain after denouncing the electoral fraud of the last July elections in which the winner is assured, will try to attend the inauguration as president elect from Venezuela. However, it is unknown if González, who has been touring American states for some time, will be able to enter Venezuela for the investiture or if, on the other hand, Maduro will be able to proclaim himself without any hindrance, especially after the violent arrest of Machado.

González has convinced that he will be able to attend the inauguration from the Dominican Republicyour possible last stop before returning to Venezuela: “We will all see each other very soon in Caracas”he assured. In his speech, González assured that “the fight is taking place in the streets” of Venezuela against the Maduro regime. “With great courage, in the face of threats, arrests, forced disappearancesVenezuelans are demonstrating a spirit of freedom,” he said.

In Spain, expectations are not positive. “There is no element that makes us think that González is preparing a trip to go to Caracas on the 10th”stated sources from the Spanish Executive, which will not have representation at the ceremony as it does not consider NIcolás Maduro a legitimate president, although the Government has not officially recognized González.

Latin American leaders speak of “dictatorship”

While demonstrations filled the streets of different cities around the world yesterday afternoon, opposition member María Corina Machado reappeared in Caracas during a mobilization against Maduroin which he gave a speech. However, his entourage was “violently intercepted” by gunfire by Chavista agents and Machado was detained.

“María Corina was violently intercepted as she left the concentration in Chacao. Regime troops shot at the motorcycles that were transporting her“Comando Venezuela immediately denounced on its official profile on social networks.

Later, the deputy director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) for the Americas, Juan Pappier, announced on his social networks that he had the confirmation that Machado has been detained and has urged the international community to “demand in unison his immediate release”.

After this incident, different Latin American leaders and international They asked for the immediate release of the opponent. The president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, demanded “full freedom” for Machado and He accused the “dictatorial regime” of being “responsible for his life”. “Panama demands and demands the full freedom of @MariaCorinaYA, as well as respect for her personal integrity. The dictatorial regime is responsible for her life!” the Panamanian president wrote in X.

Also the Government of Argentina expressed his “extreme concern” about the “criminal attack by the Chavista regime” against the opposition leader. “In an operation worthy of the worst dictatorships in historyagents of the Maduro regime shot at her escort and violently kidnapped her in front of thousands of people. Her team reports that they have lost communication with her,” the office of the Argentine president, Javier Milei, said in a statement.

In the same way, the Chilean President Gabriel Boric He assured in a speech that “from the political left I tell you that “The government of Nicolás Maduro is a dictatorship”.

USA He also condemned the “intimidation campaign” against the Venezuelan opposition. A White House National Security Council spokesman said the United States is “closely following public information regarding the arrest of opposition leader María Corina Machado by (Nicolás) Maduro and his representatives.” “We condemn such arrests, repression and intimidation, which They cannot hide the fact that Edmundo González Urrutia is the real winner of the elections“he added.

For his part, the American president-elect Donald Trump has recognized Edmundo González as “president-elect” in a post on TruthSocial: “The Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado and president-elect González are peacefully expressing the voices and WILL of the Venezuelan people with hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating against the regime. The large Venezuelan-American community in the United States overwhelmingly supports a free Venezuela and strongly supported me. These freedom fighters must not be harmed and MUST remain SAFE and ALIVE!”

“Mr. Maduro, you are finished”

In Spain, the news of the arrest of María Corina Machado was known in the middle of the protest organized in Puerta del Sol. Around 4,000 people gathered there, according to data from the Madrid Government Delegation, with shouts of ‘Out with Maduro , Edmundo Presidente’, ‘Dictator Out’ ‘What do we want? Freedom’.

La Puerta del Sol durante la manifestación de ayer jueves.

Shortly after learning of the arrest, the Government condemned the incident and demanded that the Freedom of expression and demonstration “must be protected and safeguarded” in Venezuelaall through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

For her part, the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, He demanded that Pedro Sánchez’s Government be “on par” with Spain in the defense of democracy in Venezuela, while criticizing that “You cannot put up with so much betrayal” because, in his opinion, Sánchez’s Executive has “to decide”: “Either you are with freedom or with dictatorship,” he assured.

Ayuso has branded Machado and González as “heroes of freedom” and “an example for the whole world.” “Today we want to tell you: you are not alone,” emphasized the regional leader, who indicated that Maduro’s “wall” is down. “Lies, poverty, murders, mafia, finished… Lord Mature, it’s finished“, he pointed out.

For his part, the leader of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, said that “the tyrant fears a brave woman, the image of freedom in Venezuela. We demand the immediate release of María Corina and that all democrats, including the Government of Spain, make the regime understand that its time is over. The dictatorship must give way to democracy.”

Also the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida He reacted by saying that “in the face of the tyranny of Maduro’s criminal regime and the violent arrest of Machado, Madrid stands up for freedom. Madrid, with a free Venezuela.”

Machado’s release

A little more than two hours later, the opponent’s team confirmed his release and what was forced to record several videos: “She was intercepted and knocked off the motorcycle she was riding on. Firearms were detonated in the event. She was forcibly taken away. During the period of her kidnapping she was forced to record several videos and then she was released.” Some of these videos circulated on social networks, and with the confusion of the facts, they raised suspicions that they were false and made with Artificial Intelligence.

Venezuela Command then asked itself: “How can we talk about ‘taking over’ with this level of violence?”.