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Thousands Rally in Venezuela to Protest Maduro's Victory in Disputed Election

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The Venezuelan presidential election has been marred by controversy, with President Nicolas Maduro declared the winner by authorities but opposition supporters disputing the results. The government has arrested hundreds of opposition supporters who took to the streets in protest, while thousands more rallied in Caracas, chanting and singing in support of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. Maduro has responded by saying 2,000 people have been arrested and will face "maximum punishment".

    1. Today, we urge that there not be one more political prisoner, nor one more tortured person, nor one more disappeared person, nor one more murdered person.
    1. I am asking – not just for the sake of the people of Venezuela, or the opposition, or democracy – but for the very legacy of Hugo Chávez – that the tallies be published.
    1. Just as it took us a long time to achieve electoral victory, now comes a stage that we take day by day, but we have never been as strong as today, never.
    2. After six days of brutal repression, they thought they were going to silence us, intimidate or paralyze us.
Thousands Rally in Venezuela to Protest Maduro's Victory in Disputed Election