#Venezuelan politics

[isa-ghost]

Start reblogging posts about Venezuela.

It's almost 5pm CST on Friday August 9th as I'm posting this. EVERY post I've seen about Venezuela hasn't even broken 100 notes, minus this one that was posted TUESDAY and should be well over 100 notes by now, yet it isn't (and is a good overview of the situation, so please read and reblog it).

LOOK AT THIS:

This post. Only 28 notes in over 10 hours.

This post. Posted YESTERDAY and only at 58 notes.

This post. Only 21 notes in over 10 hours.

This post. 13 notes in 9 hours.

This post. Over 7 hours and only 22 notes.

This post. Posted on MONDAY and barely over 100 notes.

This post. Posted on WEDNESDAY and only 27 notes.

This post. Posted TUESDAY and only 37 notes.

And I could still go on. Again, TWO posts out of countless others over 100 notes, and those 100 note posts were posted DAYS ago and should be in the thousands by now.

Pick up the slack. Reblog these posts. Spread awareness about Venezuela.

All of these are tagged AT LEAST with #Venezuela, and they haven't spread like wildfire. Venezuela isn't even trending. Venezuelans are being arrested for posting on social media about the situation and can't obtain the awareness this situation needs all on their own. If you are not Venezuelan, you should be reblogging these posts. Even if the posts aren't in English and you can't read them.

You do not get to refuse to reblog this post just because you might interpret it as passive aggressive. Venezuelans need our help spreading awareness of what's going on there. Your refusal to boost these posts that have been linked because of the tone of a post is privileged and bullshit. REBLOG THEM.

If you care so much about politics and election fraud in the US, you should care just as much about it happening in any other country. Fraud is fraud, no matter where. I see posts with TENS OF THOUSANDS of notes about the US political bullshit. Bring that same energy for Venezuela.

Here are more posts that are important and helpful to reblog:

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If you like but don't reblog this post, I am blocking you. You are part of the problem.

[starlightbooklove]

Hii

As some of you already know, I am Venezuelan, today in my country the presidential votes are being held, the first in a long time to really give us the opportunity to get out of the d Dictatorship in which we have lived for almost 25 years. I am 17 years old, I study at a government university that did not even have places to sit the first week, I have not known anything different from the lifestyle of knowing that your destiny is directed by a bunch of people who manipulate and buy the population to have votes and their sympathy, I don't know what the Venezuela of my parents, or my grandparents, is like, and for years, the youth of my country has longed for it, and for the first time, they present us with an opportunity to live it, Edmundo and Maria Corina are holding the hopes of an entire country in their hands.

I would fall short to count the number of people who have left the country, to tell the stories of the Protestants whose lives were taken in the marches, to be able to tell each story Known and yet to be known, because there is no way, there is no possible way to quantify the damage that this dictatorship has done to our people. What is happening today, the feeling of hope, of faith, of searching for change, is historic. Believe me, the entire country is experiencing electoral anxiety like never before, As they said there, they took away so many damn things from us, that they took away our fear. The people are no longer afraid to go out and vote and express it out loud

My future as a student depends on these votes, the future of many young people and children depends on these votes, the dignified old age of many elderly people depends on these votes, damn it The lives of a lot of political prisoners depend on these votes.

Soon I will explain the history of my country in more detail, but for now I just want to share with the world the absolute heavy weight that this day is carrying in the hearts of Venezuelans, inside and outside the country, much love to all ❤️

Edit

Sharing what happened yesterday here

[ariel2art]

Gonna make something clear

My account isn't usually political and it's mostly about fandoms, but since July 29th my country Venezuela has been protesting in the streets to defend their vote and right for Democracy, and as a result the government has been arresting, torturing and even killing us.

It's been very disappointing to witness many leftists from other countries (especially Americans) supporting the dictator Nicolas Maduro, his government and his followers while silencing Venezuelan voices who document every atrocity they have and ARE committing against the vast majority of my people.

If you follow me here and are also one of Maduro (or Chavez) supporters and apologists get the fuck out of my profile, block me, DNI, I don't want you NEAR ME

[everlastingrandom]

I’ve been following the Venezuelan election tweets over the last couple of hours (I’ve been following pretty much every election so far to offset my nerves about the U.S.’s tbh.)

(My Spanish is rusty so I’m mostly using translate to follow along) The protestors are inching closer and closer to Maduro’s home, tearing down signage of his face and multiple statues of Hugo Chavez.

Some of the police have given up fighting the protesters.

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazil's Lula, Venezuela's Maduro embrace 'new era' in ties

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro met with leftist Brazilian President Lula ahead of a regional summit in Brasilia. Lula's conservative predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, had previously banned Maduro from entering Brazil.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro on Monday and called out US sanctions against Venezuela as "extremely exaggerated."

Maduro, who is seen as a controversial leader internationally, met Lula on his visit to Brazil. Maduro was greeted by Lula with a hug and back-slap in the presidential palace of Brasilia. 

The Venezuelan leader was invited by Lula to attend a South American leaders' summit that will be held on Tuesday to discuss the revival of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR).

Lula criticized the US for denying legitimacy to Maduro's socialist government, which is viewed by Washington as authoritarian for alleged human rights violations.

Lula chided the US over denial of legitimacy to Maduro's government and the "900 sanctions" Venezuela faces.

Continue reading.

[squigglesquarepants]

It makes me so deeply upset that people don’t seem to be able to let two ideas coexist. Yeah, the US is an imperialistic state thats only interested on getting more power and will destroy any country from the inside just to get it. And Maduro’s also a horrible fucking dictator who doesn’t give a shit about his country or the people living it, an illegitimate figure and also a fucking lunatic. He did say free palestine, but let me ask you something: do you actually think he cares??? do you actually think he’s doing something??. Apparently fucking hitler could say free palestine and you fucking performative activists and pretend communists would run to his defense. and also:

YOUR VOICE DOESNT MATTER MORE THAN VENEZUELAN VOICES, SHUT THE FUCK UP

[lucecolinauwu]

So, hi, it's been a few days since everything that happened at the elections in Venezuela.

I just want to remind all my fellow Venezuelans in Tumblr, that yes, we should do everything in our power to help how we can.

But please, be mindful of yourselves, activism shouldn't be at the price of yourself, and the healthier we are, the more we can do to help ourselves and other.

This is not to say we shouldn't keep up like most have and will most likely continue to do to try and help the situation, but take 5 minutes at least to try and breathe because I know we all have been keeping our breaths in.

Everything is a mess, but we have to be strong, thank you to all the people who have reblogged, liked, or made their own posts talking about all that is happening in Venezuela, everything is of help.

[imaweirdperson9275]

have just spent the past few hours reading up on as many news articles as i can and looking for as much information i can about what is happening in Venezuela and i know not many people are following me but PLEASE look for information and news about whats happening its insane and there a lot of bullshit happening. im going to try to find as many posts i can about this and try to reblog stuff and post news articles and websites from organizations that show results and stuff about this, at least read up on this cause insane things are happening right now they are literally blocking social media platforms and arresting people because of doing any small thing that is against the government, i read that someone was arrested literally cause they had a meme on their phone that was against the government. theres even more horrible things happening, and i mean i cant really hugely speak on this because i am not in Venezuela and am not Venezuelan and dont really have any ties to any of whats going on, im just trying to do what i can and at least spread the word and spread info and articles and posts from people who know more about this than me so please look at the posts im reblogging and news articles that i may post!!!

[punishedsaints]

It says: "Argentine government diverted 100 billion pesos to pay bots and influencers against Venezuela."

[storyteller-aprendiz]

El Estado venezolano restringió arbitrariamente el derecho humano a elegir en condiciones de igualdad y no discriminación en perjuicio de todos los venezolanos en el exterior con capacidad de votar, los cuales contabilizan al menos 4.485.470 venezolanos con permisos de residencia y otras estancias regulares, al contravenir los artículos 23.2, 24 y 1.1 de la Convención Americana de Derechos Humanos (CADH), en relación con las obligaciones generales de los artículos 1.1 y 2, los artículos 21.1, 21.3 y 2 de la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos; 2.1, 2.2 y 25.b) del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, y 41 de la Convención Internacional sobre Protección de los Derechos de Trabajadores Migratorios y de sus Familiares.

El Estado venezolano restringió los derechos de una población todavía mayor que la que registra algún tipo de residencia o visa, ya que el ejercicio de un derecho político fundamental como el voto sobre asuntos del país de origen no puede estar supeditado a la condición migratoria de las personas, ni a requisitos arbitrarios como el pasaporte y otros registros según los casos, que no se exigen a quienes residen en Venezuela. Para votar debe bastar con la cédula de identidad venezolana (vigente o vencida), tal como se les pide a los venezolanos en el territorio. El Estado discrimina a través de la invocación del artículo 124 de la LOPRE -el cual toma como referencia incluso de manera parcial- y de un instructivo que, al omitir la segunda parte del mencionado artículo, hace todavía más restrictivo el voto en el exterior.

La especialista en derechos humanos destacó que también están las personas “sin contar” dentro de los pocos que pudieron registrarse y luego les llegó un correo que decía que sus datos tenían inconsistencias y que tenían que regresar al consulado. “Ahí ya algunas personas desistieron porque son temas también de pérdida de días de trabajo, de tiempo. Y no todos se pueden dar el lujo de seguir perdiendo días laborales para ir al consulado, entonces también ahí hay un grupo adicional que estaría. No sería quizás sustantivo pero sí considerable, que también queda fuera aún habiéndose podido registrar”, detalló.

[starlightbooklove]

Son of a bitch, i have never felt more fucking proud of being venezuelan like now, Jesus, our people is ON THE STREET, YHE FUCKING NEIGHBORHOOD CAME DOWN TO THE CAPITAL AND EVERYTHING, THE COUNTRY'S UNDERGROUND CAME OUT TO DEFEND THE PROTESTANTS

There is no state in peace right now, Venezuela is asserting its rights, until the damn end

[head-post]

Venezuelan Supreme Court confirms Maduro’s presidential victory

Venezuela’s Supreme Court recognised on Thursday the results of the presidential election, with incumbent head of state Nicolas Maduro declared the winner, Venezuelan media reported.

The electoral chamber of the Supreme Court verified polling station protocols and other documents from former presidential candidates and political parties. It is alleged that former opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who is considered by Western countries to be the winner of the election, failed to appear before the electoral chamber of the Supreme Court and did not provide the required documents.

The court’s ruling, announced on Thursday at an event attended by senior officials and foreign diplomats, came in response to Maduro’s request for a review of the election results showing he won by a margin of more than 1 million votes.

Opposition blames Maduro

The main opposition coalition accused Maduro of trying to steal the vote. On election day, opposition volunteers managed to collect copies of voting protocols from 80 per cent of the 30,000 polling stations across the country that show opposition candidate Edmundo González won by a margin of more than 2 to 1. The official protocols printed by each voting machine contain a QR code that makes the results easy to verify and virtually impossible to copy.

The High Court’s order certifying the results contradicts the findings of experts from the United Nations and the Carter Centre, who were invited to observe the elections and determined that the results announced by the authorities were not credible. In particular, the outside experts noted that the authorities failed to publish results for each of the 30,000 polling stations across the country, as was the case in almost all previous elections.

The government claimed that a foreign cyberattack by hackers from North Macedonia delayed the counting of votes on election night and the publication of results broken down by precinct.

Nine Latin American nations – Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay – issued a joint statement calling for a review of the results in the presence of independent observers. The US also questioned the results of the presidential election and threatened Maduro with accountability for refusing to hand over power.

Read more HERE

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazil’s Lula ‘frightened’ by Maduro’s talk of a bloodbath after Venezuela’s election

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Monday his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro should respect the results of the elections scheduled for Sunday, and said he was “frightened” by Maduro’s reference to a possible post-election bloodbath.

The veteran leader will send a top diplomat to neighboring Venezuela as an observer of the vote.

“Maduro knows that the only chance for Venezuela to return to normality is to have an electoral process that is respected by everyone,” Lula told reporters at the presidential residence in Brasilia. “He has to respect the democratic process.”

Maduro has governed Venezuela since 2013, taking over after the death of predecessor and mentor Hugo Chávez. The 61-year-old has won elections that his adversaries deemed not to be free and fair. His 2018 reelection was widely considered a sham, as major opposition parties and candidates were banned from participating.

“I got frightened with Maduro’s statement saying there will be a bloodbath if he loses. When you lose, you go home and get ready to run in another election,” Lula said.

Continue reading.

[lucecolinauwu]

I am a firm believer that silence perpetuates injustices because if nobody knows, nobody can do anything about it and thanks to the internet your story can be anonymous so if you don't feel comfortable saying it in real life you can say it like this so it's out there anyway, so here I come.

I am a born and raised Venezuelan, at least for the first 9 to 10 of my life, I have a lot of family on both sides that roots in Venezuela for the most part going back to generations, the only not Venezuelan blood relative that I have is my maternal grandfather who was from Italy, and he lived till the day he died on Venezuelan floor.

Every weekend my mom, my siblings, and I would go to my great-grandmother's house to visit our family, every weekend you would see my brother and I running and playing over there, and every weekend my parents would laugh because I ask my dad for his card to buy bread and sugar for my great-grandmother and the aunts that live with her.

I used to play around the church we used to go to, walk with my grandmother and brother around, help my mom arrange flowers for festivals, talk and play with neighbors whose families had been living in those houses for generations.

Then my dad, who was always firmly against Maduro, wanted to start a business; collecting and recycling plastic. He purchased the machines and a property to start, both he and my mom had good jobs, and he started to receive threats, they would send threats alongside photos of my mom with us in a random place.

So, when I was around 9-10 years old, my family and I had to basically flee Venezuela, I was not told at the time why because of my age, but, oh lord, how do you tell a child people are threatening their life because one of their parents wanted to start a business and they didn't like the "president"?

How do you tell a child that they will not see their family and community for a really long time if ever? That you are going to change everything they have ever known? That someone has stepped on every freedom one can have? That the government can just take everything from you just because?

Maduro has forced countless Venezuelans out of their country, because of greed, nothing more.

[beep-beep-imma-sheep]

I'm actually are thinking of making a masterpost or an entire blog dedicated to all this.

Since I’m not seeing many posts about what’s happening in Venezuela, I will make one myself. Please do not turn a blind eye to their ongoing crisis.

First I will put you into context, please note that all this information is taken from posts, threads and statements made by Venezuelans so I will hyperlink each one of my sources.

From 2002 to 2013, Hugo Chávez was the president of Venezuela. Not only did he ruin the country’s economy, imprison people and remove liberty of speech in the country, but he also changed the constitution, allowing unlimited reelection. His regime became a dictatorship disguised as a democracy. Here’s an entire page about this period. (And you can read more searching “chavismo”)

After his death in 2013, Nicolás Maduro took the presidency. Venezuelans started protesting and, as a response, they were repressed and killed, universities were burned down and Venezuela became massively poor, people lacked basic needs (supermarkets were empty, increasing famine and malnutrition), hospitals lacked resources and, consequently, illnesses spread and infant mortality rates increased severely.

This Sunday, July 28th, 2024, elections were held and Venezuelans voted for Edmundo González to be the next president of the country. Exit polls expected him to win the elections.

Later, the revealed results were that Maduro had won with the 51,2% votes, while Edmundo González had only 44,2%. But, as of right now, already 75% of the electoral records confirm that Edmundo González was, in fact, the chosen candidate, meaning that Maduro once again cheated on the elections. This is electoral fraud. This is not a democracy, this is a dictatorship.

Now, Venezuelans are protesting and the government are once again repressing them. Civilians are being persecuted, attacked and killed. Innocent people are being arrested. The government is cutting their communication and are planning on cutting the electricity next.

I urge you to check this thread on Twitter by @/postmortemria. Her account is full of information about Venezuela and their crisis, please check her posts and share them to spread the voice. Try to raise Venezuelans’ voices and donate to them if you can.

At the moment, there aren’t many ways to help other than speaking up, but under this tweet you can find many talented artists and commissions are their way to make some money to pay for basic human needs. If you can, think about commissioning a piece or donating to them.

In addition, here’s another tweet with information to donate to the people affected in the protests. They’re in desperate need of assistance so anything can help.

[imaweirdperson9275]

some of the things ive found that show evidence of the votes and show how they were counted:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/world/americas/venezuela-maduro-election-results.html?smid=url-share