Hundreds of Venezuelans demonstrate at Puerta del Sol against Maduro

Hundreds of Venezuelans residing in Spain have gathered this Saturday afternoon at Puerta del Sol (Madrid) to protest against the Chavista regime of Nicolás Maduro. The protesters have responded to the call of President Juan Guaidó and have demanded a process similar to that of Bolivia. With dozens of flags and chants against the Bolivarian Government, hundreds of Venezuelans have thus followed the request of Guaidó and the opposition Leopoldo López who wanted the protests against Maduro to reach all corners of the world. In the Caribbean country itself, hundreds of concentrations have been registered throughout the country. Given this, the Chavista forces have also organized against parallel demonstrations. Guaidó had launched a few days ago a large call for protests for this Saturday throughout the country with which he intends “to achieve what happened in Bolivia and that the FAN (Army) and the Police take the side of the people” after “reactivate popular mobilization ». The ruling party, for its part, has also called demonstrations to condemn “foreign interference and coups.” Following the assault on the headquarters of the opposition Popular Will (VP) party, Leopoldo López has called Venezuelans to the streets to turn outrage into protests. In any case, Guaidó has warned that this has just begun. He has stated that November 16 “is not a magic date”, “is to continue and grow until we are millions and unstoppable” and for this he asks “to protest together as many times as necessary until we achieve it.«We are going to the streets to meet again together with the majority, demanding for the greatest demand: Venezuela. Our freedom being exercised in the street, being together unifying our struggles and insisting until we achieve it, is today’s great victory, “said Guaidó. To do this, he asks his supporters to go out onto the streets with Venezuelan flags. A slogan that hundreds of Venezuelans have followed in Madrid’s ‘kilometer zero’. Image of the protest at Puerta del Sol against Maduro. Leopoldo López, welcomed as a guest of the Spanish ambassador in Caracas, Jesús Silva, and with a limitation of his political activity, subscribed in a message broadcast by WhatsApp: “Our president Juan Guaidó has summoned all Venezuelans (…) to come out to protest” . «First we have to get out of the dictatorship, deprive the dictator (…). November 16 is a key, important day. It doesn’t matter what they do to us. We are going to move on. We are going with strength, we are going with faith », he remarked. Allegations to the Army Guaidó has made constant calls to the Armed Forces to let the Maduro government fall since he became interim president. In these months, there have been important desertions, such as that of the former intelligence chief, but the military institution remains alongside the ‘Chavista’ leader. The opposition leader has called this day of protest amid the regional upheavals. Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia have experienced strong demonstrations in recent months, although for different reasons, which in the case of Bolivia have led to the resignation and exile in Mexico of their hitherto president, Evo Morales. Guaidó, in fact, has given his support to the self-proclaimed interim president of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, whom he considers an “inspiration.”Chavista demonstrations For his part, the dictator Nicolás Maduro has also called on his supporters to mobilize on Saturday and has warned the opposition not to try to emulate Bolivia’s “coup.” Make no mistake, do not make false calculations with us. Whoever eats the green light goes to prison, “he said. Meanwhile, the Minister of Interior Relations, Justice and Peace, Néstor Reverol, has stressed that the different State security agencies are prepared for any scenario of violence that is intended to promote. “From Paseo Los Próceres, in perfect civic-military union we have evaluated the operational readiness of the State security agencies in the face of any threat that threatens internal order and peace, which we are obliged to guarantee. We will win!” noted Reverol on their social networks.