(29 Jul 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Caracas, Venezuela – 29 July 2024
1. Maria Corina Machado, leader of Venezuela’s opposition, and Edmundo González, opposition presidential candidate, entering briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Maria Corina Machado, leader of Venezuela’s opposition:
"This is a miracle, a miracle. Today, I want to tell all Venezuelans in the country and abroad, to all the democrats of the world, we now have proof of the truth of what happened yesterday in Venezuela. We did it, we did it."
3. Supporters cheering from outside
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Maria Corina Machado, leader of the Venezuela’s opposition:
"I am very excited to tell you all that we have 73.20 %, and with that result our president elect is Edmundo González."
5. Machado, Gonzalez and supporters singing Venezuelan national anthem
STORYLINE:
Venezuela’s opposition on Monday claimed to have the proof it needed to show that their candidate Edmundo González was the winner of the country’s highly anticipated presidential election whose victory authorities handed to President Nicolás Maduro.
González and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado told supporters gathered outside his campaign headquarters in Venezuela’s capital that they have obtained more than 70% of the tally sheets from Sunday’s disputed election, and they show González ahead of Maduro.
"Today, I want to tell all Venezuelans in the country and abroad, to all the democrats of the world, we now have proof of the truth of what happened yesterday in Venezuela," said Machado.
She said that the copies of the ballot registries that the opposition have in their possession are favourable to them.
As she spoke, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest what they said was an attempt by Maduro to steal the election in which both candidates claimed victory.
Shortly after the National Electoral Council, which is loyal to Maduro’s ruling party, officially declared him the winner, angry protesters began marching through Caracas and cities across Venezuela.
The electoral body’s announcement earned him a third six-year term.
Officials delayed the release of detailed vote tallies from Sunday’s election after proclaiming Maduro the winner with 51% of the vote, compared with 44% for González, a retired diplomat.
The competing claims set up a high-stakes standoff.
AP video shot by Andry Rincón
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