ALBAWABA - One person was reportedly killed in northwest Yaracuy state and 46 more were arrested as Venezuelan police continue to crack down on protestors who stormed the streets in post-elections demonstrations.
Venezuelan security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at enraged protestors on Monday, after Maduro's reelection news, which the opposition disputes and many other nations question.
Thousands of protesters poured into the streets of different capital areas, yelling "Freedom, freedom!" and "This government is going to fall!". Some people pulled Maduro campaign posters off street poles and burnt them.
Police were deployed in considerable numbers around the city, while members of the National Guard were observed shooting tear gas to disperse protesters. There were also allegations of "colectivos" — pro-Maduro paramilitary groups — firing on protestors.
"It is going to fall. It is going to fall". Some demonstrators chanted, "This government is going to fall!".
Public outrage grew as the National Electoral Council (CNE) publicly certified on Monday that Maduro had been re-elected by a majority of Venezuelans to another six-year term as president "for the period 2025-2031".
Protests were recorded even in very impoverished areas of Caracas, which had previously been bastions of support for Maduro and his socialist regime. Shots were heard in several places. Protests took erupted across Venezuela.
However, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado subsequently told reporters that an examination of vote data accessible so far plainly proved that the next president "will be Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia," who replaced her on the ballot after being banned by Maduro-aligned judges.
According to the records, Gonzalez Urrutia has a "mathematically irreversible" lead, with 6.27 million votes to Maduro's 2.75 million. The elections were held despite widespread concerns about government fraud and a campaign distrupted by allegations of political intimidation.
