Disputed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro confirmed the arrest of more than 2,000 civilian protesters on Saturday as his administration’s fierce crackdown on opposition voters continues. Speaking at a rally in Caracas, the embattled dictator addressed the ongoing clashes between protesters and Venezuelan security forces, which have left at least 20 people dead since the unrest began last week.
“This time, there will be no forgiveness,” Maduro told a crowd of supporters in the capital. “We have 2,000 prisoners captured and from there, they will go to Tocorón and Tocuyito [prisons], maximum punishment, justice.”
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Elsewhere in the city, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez gathered their supporters and encouraged them to keep up the pressure on the Maduro regime.
“After 6 days of brutal repression, they thought they were going to silence us, stop us, or intimidate us … look at the response,” Machado posted alongside a video of the opposition rally on the social media platform X. “Today, the presence of each citizen on the streets of Venezuela demonstrates the magnitude of the civic strength we have and the determination to go to the end.”
Después de 6 días de brutal represión, creyeron que nos iban a callar, a parar o atemorizar… miren la respuesta.
Hoy, la presencia de que cada ciudadano en las calles de Venezuela demuestra la magnitud de la fuerza cívica que tenemos y la determinación de llegar hasta el… pic.twitter.com/O8u4EDcsSR
— María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) August 3, 2024
Connor Walcott is a staff writer for Valuetainment.com. Follow Connor on X and look for him on VT’s “The Unusual Suspects.”
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