Pres. Maduro leads national demonstration in defense of peace and sovereignty
In Venezuela, the president, Nicolás Maduro, led the great national march for peace and in support of his popular victory in the presidential elections of July 28.
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00:00And we begin with Venezuela, as the population continues to mobilize in defense of the electoral
00:06victory of President Nicolás Maduro and in rejection of the fascism and the ultra-right.
00:12And to join us live from Caracas is our correspondent Gladys Quesada.
00:17Tell us, Gladys, what's the climate on the streets?
00:20What is the latest over there?
00:21We have just heard from President Nicolás Maduro.
00:24Tell us the latest.
00:26Hi, Bel, thanks for this time.
00:31Thanks for the contact, hearing from the South.
00:34And as I always said, for this opportunity to showcase the truth of Venezuela and what
00:39is going on in Venezuela to our international audience.
00:44So far, the march that started today in Cantebé, in the Libertador Avenue here in Caracas,
00:51Venezuela, and all over the country, all of those marches had one end.
00:56And in this occasion in Caracas, the march headed towards Miraflores, the seat of the
01:02government.
01:03And there, after one part of the march was accompanied by the top authorities of the
01:07country, that's to say, the first vice president of the Socialist United Party of Venezuela,
01:14Jorge Rodríguez, the president of the National Assembly, and also the president of the nation,
01:20the re-elected and constitutional president, Nicolás Maduro Moros.
01:25The march ended in Miraflores, the seat of the palace, there in a large gathering.
01:30And now people is coming back from that gathering and the end of the march.
01:35This is the aftermath of the euphoria of the day, an euphoria that started today at noontime.
01:43And people start gathering, as I was telling you, with their families, with their friends,
01:49in a communal and maybe in a way that they were plural all the time.
01:55They were never alone in this march.
01:57And now they concluded this rally, this movement, in the Miraflores palace, the seat of the
02:03government.
02:05And as you can see behind me, there is all of these people coming back from the Miraflores
02:11palace.
02:12There, the president addressed the crowd and addressed the nation.
02:16And he was referring to the anti-fascism law, one of the legislations that is to be
02:21approved but is under discussion by the parliament, the National Assembly of the nation.
02:29And it's a law that intends to cut off every terrorist faction, every manifestation, every
02:38display of fascism in the country, given the aftermath of the July 28th presidential elections
02:45and given the terrorist actions, the looting actions, and the violence that the country
02:52saw after the July 28th presidential elections, as we were saying.
02:57He was emphasizing that the country overcame the violence in 72 hours.
03:03That was a communal and plural and general effort, not only by the national police or
03:11the National Guard of Venezuela, the two main forces that went to combat the violence outbreak
03:17here in the nation.
03:19Also, the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, he was referring to the need
03:24of national unity.
03:26And of course, they were also referring to the project that is upcoming now.
03:31And that is to say, the commune consultation next August 25th.
03:37As we were saying all over the day, that's the next goal, the next milestone for chavismo
03:44here in Venezuela, not only Caracas, but all over the country also.
03:49The top authorities were referring to the need to maintain peace, the need to maintain
03:55security and stability in the country.
03:58And the president was doing something very peculiar, and I want to stop here because
04:02we know that in social media, the radical far right, the extreme radical far right,
04:10is conducting a smear campaign against the government, against the Maduro administration,
04:17and against the people of Venezuela, even saying, you know, bringing them to a demise
04:24in words and bringing on them really negative characteristics.
04:31In this occasion, the president was saying, okay, they are powerful in the social media
04:37ambience, in the social media sphere.
04:40They have these influencers with millions and zillions of followers, but you are the
04:44people of Venezuela, you have the power to bring up your truth to the social media, to
04:50showcase in videos what is going on really in the country, to showcase that there is
04:55no violence, no repression, no physical, you know, submitting of the people here in Venezuela,
05:02that you have the right to vote and the right to express your will freely in the streets,
05:07and that you are against what the fascism groups are opposing to the nation.
05:13So he convoked to the youngsters and convoked to the people of Venezuela that each one of
05:18them become an influencer in a way that they could communicate the truth of Venezuela,
05:24the real Venezuela, and their real will on the politics of the country and the way they
05:30participate in the political landscapes and the political activities here in the country.
05:35He also tried to explain how works the underbelly of these campaigns, and that's to say he
05:43was saying that using lies and using, you know, distorted images and using A.D. radical
05:52and extreme far-right groups and are trying to construct a different Venezuela than the
05:59one that is really going on. And he was emphasizing that he is open to dialogue with the opposition,
06:07you know, affiliates here in the country, that the people that voted for the opposition,
06:13the people that is with the opposition has the opportunity to go and dialogue with the
06:18government to live in peace and to preserve their will. But he was reiterating and stressing
06:24that he will not tolerate, he will not tolerate any attack against the people of Venezuela.
06:31As you can see behind me, all of these people is coming back from that march, is coming
06:36back from that gathering. Behind me is this sir, is this man holding the Venezuelan national
06:44flag, but you can see after, or behind us, the crowd, the packed crowd that is coming
06:51from the Miraflores Palace, the seat of the government. So this is Venezuela right now.
06:55This is the aftermath of this euphoria nationally. This is the opportunity for the Venezuelans
07:00to express their will, to counteract violent actions, and this is the way they find peace,
07:09they fight for peace, and they find concord. So this is the information bill, and this
07:14is the information for our audience. So now, back to you.