August 2, 2024 Fifth day since the electoral fraud was announced in Venezuela. This post will contain today's events from 00am-2pm Venezuela time.

Summary of today's press conference:

The CNE says again that Maduro won but that they have no way of proving it and that anyone who doesn't believe them will go to jail. • • Maduro says he can't show the true election result because elon musk hacked the National Electoral Council of Venezuela https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1819281905511997875

Elon responds to this accusation: • • URGENT: The genocidal tyrant of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, threatened Edmundo González from the Supreme Court of Justice. https://x.com/eduardomenoni/status/1819455008922034208

The Supreme Court of the dictatorship in Venezuela has “irreversibly” certified the results of the electoral fraud of the tyrant Nicolás Maduro. https://x.com/eduardomenoni/status/1819440182187216940 • • Enrique Márquez refuses to sign the document issued by the Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court that requires former presidential candidates to recognize the Chavista decision on the July 28 elections. https://x.com/EmmaRincon/status/1819450323280564496

Enrique Márquez explains why he did not sign the TSJ minutes and asks that the minutes be published immediately. https://x.com/anarodriguez_b/status/1819442734651867235

Enrique Márquez before the TSJ: "I hope that this matter is not used so that the CNE can hide under the robes of the magistrates (....) I demand that the results be published" https://x.com/AlbertoRodNews/status/1819443963377451122 • • Edmundo González did not fall into the trap... they had prepared a seat for him next to the dictator that today was empty, all the dignity of Venezuela in just 22 seconds https://x.com/mjorgec1994/status/1819441740064899418 • • The repressive forces of Maduro's government broke into the home of leader Wilson Sierra in Bobare, Lara state. When they couldn't find him, they tried to take his father away. It is clear that the armed forces have never been there to protect the people, only to REPRESS them. https://x.com/RNacional_News/status/1819395822422732890

This is state terrorism. This is TOTALITARIANISM. When you hear someone saying “freedom of expression has its limits,” that person is a wretch who wants to torture anyone who publishes something on X. This person is a CRIMINAL AGAINST HUMANITY. https://x.com/jarp_2020/status/1819107548848607666

At this time, repressive bodies of the Maduro regime raided the house of the popular leader Wilson Sierra de Bobare in the State of Lara. Failing to do so, they intend to take his father. Maduro carried out a self-coup and de facto suspended constitutional guarantees and imposed a state of siege. https://x.com/AlfredoARamos/status/1819386234537402508

The security agencies of the DICTATOR Maduro have arrested a neighbor (Edwar Ocariz) from the Urb. La Rinconada, Zone II, block 23. Coche Parish in Caracas. Please HELP!!!! He is an exemplary neighbor, they arrested him only for thinking differently and being an opposition activist. https://x.com/ElonMuskD_C/status/1819437249064325427

Guido Romano, coordinator of Vente Venezuela in the Sucre municipality, Trujillo state, has been forcibly kidnapped along with his father Fiorentino Romano and his brother Greyver by henchmen of the Nicolás Maduro dictatorship. https://x.com/UHN_Plus/status/1819435668742779247

Don't miss out on the details of how the whole procedure is carried out. They made the arrest without a search warrant or arrest warrant and they didn't even know the name of the person they were arresting. This was in Cua, Mun. Urdaneta, Miranda state. Brave Venezuelan women did not remain silent. https://x.com/NicmerEvans/status/1819458481285746777

Antonio Ecarri before the TSJ: "It cannot be that at this point we do not have the results for each table, and that hurts the Venezuelan people the most." https://x.com/AlbertoRodNews/status/1819448112416805161

Before June 28, CANTV's telephone network was isolated and protected against potential hacks of the electoral system. Neither from Macedonia nor from any other place on the planet was it possible to penetrate and sabotage the network to alter the results. https://x.com/mario_villegas/status/1819409814817996886

At this moment, minions of the Nicolás Maduro tyranny are trying to kidnap the coordinator of the Crispulo Benítez electoral center, in Lomas Verdes de Barquisimeto, Lara state. Their crime is not recognizing Maduro's fraud. https://x.com/eduardomenoni/status/1819398062579896468 • • This is how regime thugs broke into the headquarters of María Corina Machado's command in the early hours of the morning and ransacked it. They were looking for the records. https://x.com/OrlvndoA/status/1819438937124815171 • • "If it's a global number that has no explanation of the tables, it's not transparent either": @CarterCenter on NTN24 about the new CNE bulletin. We spoke with Jennie Lincoln, senior advisor to the Carter Center for Latin America and who was one of the observers on the ground. https://x.com/NTN24/status/1819455526138167447 • • Cabal requests the UN to send Blue Helmets to Venezuela

In a letter addressed to the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, Senator María Fernanda Cabal requests UN intervention in Venezuela.

Bogotá, August 2, 2024 - This afternoon, the Senator of the Republic of Colombia, María Fernanda Cabal, addressed a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, requesting urgent intervention by the UN in Venezuela. In her capacity as a member of the opposition and representative of millions of Colombians concerned about the critical situation in Venezuela, Senator Cabal urges the UN to send a contingent of blue helmets to preserve peace and public order in the neighboring country.

In her letter, Senator Cabal expresses her deep concern about the escalation of violence and human rights violations perpetrated by the Nicolás Maduro regime. He highlights that recent events in Venezuela have shown brutal repression against the Venezuelan people, especially against young people who have come out to peacefully demand a change of government after Maduro's obvious defeat at the polls.

Reports and videos that have circulated internationally demonstrate kidnappings, attacks and an utter disregard for human life and dignity. This situation, warns Senator Cabal, not only constitutes a humanitarian tragedy but also a threat to regional stability.

In her letter, Senator Cabal respectfully requests the intervention of the UN to ensure that the fundamental rights of Venezuelans are respected and to offer the necessary protection to those who suffer under an oppressive regime.

Senator Cabal is confident that the UN, under the leadership of António Guterres, will take the necessary measures to address this crisis and preserve peace in Venezuela.

END • • PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR

IN RESPECT OF THE WILL OF THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE, ECUADOR RECOGNIZES EDMUNDO GONZÁLEZ AS WINNER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY

Following public denunciations of the serious democratic crisis in Venezuela and the obvious manipulation of the results of the electoral process in this country, the Government of Ecuador expresses its recognition of Edmundo González as the legitimate winner of the presidential elections in Venezuela.

The old policy tried, with fraud and irregularities, to usurp the real result of the scrutiny process. Therefore, this recognition of Ecuador is based on respect for the legitimate will of the people. this nation, expressed forcefully at the polls and supported by the people with the mobilization in the streets during the last few days.

Respect for democracy, justice and electoral transparency is not a question of ideologies. It's about principles. In these crucial and decisive moments, we have the moral obligation, without room for hesitation or lukewarmness, to say out loud which side we are on. We proudly say: we are not on the side of indolence. What happens there compromises us all. From our space we will do everything possible to prevent the region from becoming the cradle of impunity and the taking away of citizen rights.

The will of all people is NOT touched, it is sacred. Because Ecuador calls on the international community to respect the Venezuelan sacrifice and to join in this effort to protect this country's real decision to be free again. • • PUBLIC STATEMENT: TVN CREW DETAINED IN VENEZUELA WILL BE DEPORTED

The last contact with the journalistic team occurred yesterday afternoon. Given this situation, diplomatic efforts were immediately activated to locate the professionals and demand their release.

According to the latest information available, the authorities of that country have made the decision to deport the members of the team, according to what was reported by the Chilean ambassador to Venezuela, Jaime Gazmuri, who has personally monitored the case.

We hope that this deportation process will take place in the next few hours and that our co-workers will be in good condition for a quick return to Chile.

National Television of Chile reiterates its commitment to journalism and endorses its right to exercise it freely, as a fundamental pillar of any democratic society.

PUBLIC STATEMENT: TVN CREW DETAINED IN VENEZUELA WILL BE DEPORTED

The commitment to deliver timely, truthful and objective information regarding news events that affect both the national and international community, oublica de Televisión Nacional de Chile. The series represents one of the pillars of the mission of events triggered by the recent election process in Venezuela, it has captured global attention, especially in Latin America. The journalistic interest in knowing the situation on the ground and providing coverage in a plural way and with a national perspective motivated the sending of a team made up of journalist Iván Núñez and cameraman José Luis Tapia.

Both professionals entered Venezuelan territory legally and carrying their passports, via Cúcuta. After crossing two checkpoints without any problem in the San Cristóbal area, Iván Núñez and José Luis Tapia were detained by a military patrol in Chururú, a town located near Barinas.

Chilean President Gabriel Boric confirms that the tyrant Nicolás Maduro deported Chilean journalists from the TVN channel to Colombia and that they had been illegally arrested in Venezuela. The journalists are already in Colombia • • Andres Lopez Obrador says he is "confident" in the process before the Supreme Court regarding the elections in Venezuela. This is another drug criminal who should be added to the list of most wanted criminals https://x.com/RNacional_News/status/1819387607375102437

The Supreme Court of the Venezuelan dictatorship is so “impartial” that one of its judges was previously a candidate for the PSUV party of the tyrant Nicolás Maduro.

Senator of the Republic of Mexico, Kenia López Rabadán, sides with Edmundo Maria Corina and with all the people of Venezuela against the theft they are suffering. https://x.com/RNacional_News/status/1819267156237803791

• • General Secretariat of the OAS demands verification of voting records in the Venezuelan electoral process

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) expresses its solidarity with the victims of repression in Venezuela and their families, and demands the end of violence and the cessation of the government's imprisonment of protesters, to while reiterating the need to verify the voting minutes of the process Venezuelan electoral of July 28, 2024.

In that sense, we welcome the communications from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and the United States announced yesterday.

Given that the only available minutes are those that have been made public by Venezuelan electoral actors, it is necessary and fundamental that the verification of minutes begins with the available material, until government and official actors can produce their own.

In this sense, the appointment of a commission of experts in the multilateral system is urgently needed to begin verification absolutely immediately.

The General Secretariat of the OAS highlights that the five-day delay in the publication of the electoral records is the longest in the history of the region. These minutes should have been made public on Sunday night, and as of today, Friday, they have not yet been published. • • PRONUNCIATION

EDMUNDO GONZÁLEZ IS THE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA

Madrid Forum announces its recognition of Dr. Edmundo González Urrutia as elected and legitimate president of the Republic of Venezuela.

The CON VENEZUELA command has presented and made public more than 84% of the minutes that demonstrate its irrefutable victory. Even in the extraordinary assumption that the candidacy of the head of the Cartel of the Suns had obtained all of the 16% of the remaining vote, he would still have lost.

The corrupt and criminal regime of Nicolás Maduro consummated a massive fraud - equivalent to a coup d'état - by denying the popular will of Venezuelans expressed at the polls on July 28 and proclaiming the false victory of Nicolás Maduro, without the National Council Electoral (CNE) has even presented the minutes.

The Venezuelan regime's delay in presenting the minutes is due to a strategy to falsify them.

The CNE has, therefore, already perpetrated a serious crime by proclaiming Maduro without having presented minutes, which detracts from any type of legitimacy. Consequently, what said "institution" does from now on has no value.

The regime and its allies have perpetrated a strategy designed to buy time to appease the overwhelming victory of the option represented by Edmundo González and María Corina Machado.

We already have the minutes thanks to the gigantic effort of the CON VENEZUELA command. What more evidence does the international community need to act against the tyrant and his henchmen, who have already committed murders, tortured and imprisoned Venezuelans in the last days?

We call on the democratic governments of the free world and political formations committed to freedom, the rule of law and the dignity of the person, to recognize Edmundo González as the elected and legitimate president of the Republic of Venezuela.

In Madrid, on August 1, 2024

MADRID FORUM • • Padrino López once again stresses that his obedience is to Maduro and not to the Constitution and assures that enforcing the votes of Venezuelans is a fascist coup d'état https://x.com/EmmaRincon/status/1819379471331320178