Opposition refuses to recognise election, government touts terror attack during Venezuela vote
Record ID:
904796
Opposition refuses to recognise election, government touts terror attack during Venezuela vote
- Title: Opposition refuses to recognise election, government touts terror attack during Venezuela vote
- Date: 31st July 2017
- Summary: CARACAS, VENEZUELA (JULY 30, 2017) (REUTERS) MEDIA GATHERED AROUND LECTERN FOR OPPOSITION NEWS CONFERENCE VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER, HENRIQUE CAPRILES, WITH OFFICIALS AND MEDIA AT NEWS CONFERENCE CLOSE-UP OF CAPRILES AT NEWS CONFERENCE CAPRILES SPEAKING AT LECTERN (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER, HENRIQUE CAPRILES, SAYING: "We do not recognise this fraudulent process. For us it is null, it doesn't exist and we are going to continue fighting until they (government) re-establish constitutional order and democracy, and for Venezuelans to be able to fully exercise our rights. Let this be clear to the government." MEDIA AT NEWS CONFERENCE CAPRILES SPEAKING AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER, HENRIQUE CAPRILES, SAYING: "No Venezuelan should have died in recent months to demand that the constitution be respected or to want a better future. Tomorrow at midday there will be a protest across the country against the massacre that took place today and against this fraudulent process, because in the next few hours the government will come out and say that thousands upon thousands voted." OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS AT NEWS CONFERENCE MAN AT NEWS CONFERENCE PEOPLE APPLAUDING CAPRILES AT END OF NEWS CONFERENCE
- Embargoed: 14th August 2017 04:59
- Keywords: security democracy Interior and Justice Minister Nestor Reverol opposition vote terrroism results Henrique Capriles election Venezuela police
- Location: CARACAS, VENEZUELA / INTERNET
- City: CARACAS, VENEZUELA / INTERNET
- Country: Venezuela
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA0016S1QR0N
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Venezuela's opposition on Sunday (July 30) said it would not recognise the results of an election for a constitutional super-body that unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro vowed would begin a "new era of combat" in the crisis-stricken nation.
Maduro, widely disliked for overseeing an unravelling of Venezuela's economy, has promised the assembly will bring peace by way of a new constitution after four months of opposition protests in which more than 120 people have been killed. Opposition parties sat out the election, saying it was rigged to increase Maduro's powers, a view shared by countries including Spain, Canada, Colombia and the United States.
Authorities said 10 people were killed in the confrontations, which made Sunday one of the deadliest days since massive protests started in early April. At a news conference in the capital, opposition leader Henrique Capriles said that no citizen should have to die for demanding a better future.
Caracas was largely shut down, streets were deserted and polling stations were mostly empty, dealing a blow to the legitimacy of the vote. A bomb exploded in the capital and wounded eight police officers in what could be the spread of more aggressive tactics. Authorities have labelled the blast a terror attack.
The Trump administration is considering imposing U.S. sanctions on Venezuela's vital oil sector in response to Sunday's election, U.S. officials said. Potential U.S. sanctions on sales of light crude to Venezuela's oil company PDVSA would hamper its already weak refining network. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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