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00:00Venezuelans, today, January 10, I leave a record for our history of the freedom of Venezuela.
00:09Yesterday, January 9, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets with civility, courage and with a deep love.
00:21More than 180 protests took place throughout Venezuela and more than 150 cities around the world were activated.
00:30Each one of the Venezuelans who took to the streets represents the best of what we are
00:37and the millions that make up the Venezuelan nation, outside and inside.
00:44I saw it with you. That tri-colored river is the most powerful thing I have seen in my life
00:53and it fills me with pride because despite the deployment of a brutal repressive force, we defeated fear.
01:01You are brave.
01:04Yesterday, my deep confidence that freedom is near was ratified.
01:10They lost yesterday.
01:13The total militarization of Caracas and other cities is a demonstration of who is afraid of whom,
01:20of how much fear they have of the people.
01:24Today, January 10, Maduro consolidates a coup d'état.
01:30In front of Venezuelans and in front of the world, they decided to cross the red line
01:36that officializes the violation of the national constitution.
01:41They trample on our constitution.
01:45Maduro also violates the constitution flanked by the dictators of Cuba and Nicaragua.
01:52This says it all.
01:55Maduro today did not put his hand on his chest.
02:01He put it on his ankle like a cricket that will tighten it more every day.
02:09Yesterday, Venezuela saw the courage deployed throughout the country.
02:13Today, the world sees the fear enclosed in a living room.
02:18Do not doubt, this is over.
02:22Now I want to talk to you about what happened to me yesterday because I know that many are worried.
02:29I want to share with you the facts and what is my interpretation of them.
02:35When I left the huge concentration in Chacao, many citizens surrounded me and accompanied me
02:41until I got on a motorcycle that was going to take me out.
02:45Two other motorcycles accompanied me.
02:48At the height of the Gustavo Herrera High School, they tried to intercept us several motorcycles
02:54with armed men of the Bolivarian National Police.
02:59They had long guns outside.
03:02We were able to move forward and at the height of the Altamira distributor I heard several shots.
03:07The motorcycles of the Bolivarian National Police intercepted us.
03:12An officer asked me my name to confirm that it was me.
03:18Immediately, from behind, I was abruptly and strongly pulled off the motorcycle
03:24and they mounted me in another one, in the middle of two men.
03:29This is how they are, they attack a woman from behind.
03:35On the way, I heard a couple of times that they were heading for Boleica.
03:42After arriving near that area, they suddenly separated me
03:48and told me that they had the order for me to leave.
03:51To be able to do so, they asked me to record a video as a life sentence.
03:57It took me several hours to get away from the area and to protect myself again.
04:04It was then when I found out that the driver of one of the motorcycles that accompanied me
04:11to the exit of the demonstration was injured in one of his legs.
04:18He was shot when the Bolivarian National Police officers shot us.
04:24He was also taken to prison.
04:27I am fine now, although I have severe pains and contusions in some parts of my body.
04:35It is evident that what happened to me yesterday
04:38demonstrates the profound contradictions that exist within the regime.
04:43Their erratic behavior is another demonstration of how they are divided inside.
04:51Obviously, this was also added to by the immediate statements and warnings
04:56of world leaders, governments from all over the world,
05:01which made them understand the mistake they had made by violently kidnapping me.
05:07I want to express my deepest gratitude to the democratic allies of Venezuela
05:13who are with us at this time.
05:16We all know that from today on, they will put even more pressure on Maduro
05:23to make him understand that this is over.
05:29Yesterday, the regime launched a brutal repression,
05:33pursuing and arresting more than 20 Venezuelans.
05:38Some of them are leaders in two states, Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cogedes,
05:44Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Trujillo, Yaracuy, Zulia and Caracas,
05:51including some journalists.
05:54They are our heroes and we are going to free them all.
05:58To their family, companions and friends, my heart is with you.
06:02You know that no one is left behind here.
06:07About our elected president, Edmundo González Urrutia,
06:11I want to convey to you several things that we have agreed on.
06:14We have been in permanent communication during his extraordinary journey
06:19through the nations of our hemisphere,
06:21where he has been received with the honors of head of state
06:25and with the love of thousands and thousands of Venezuelans who live in these countries.
06:32Edmundo will come to Venezuela to swear as constitutional president of Venezuela
06:40at the right time, when the conditions are adequate.
06:47In his delirious paranoia, the regime has not only closed the airspace of Venezuela,
06:53but has activated the entire air defense system.
06:59We have therefore evaluated all this and decided that it is not convenient
07:04for Edmundo to enter Venezuela today.
07:08I have asked him not to do so,
07:12because his integrity is fundamental for the final defeat of the regime
07:18and the transition to democracy, which is very close.
07:26Venezuelans, Maduro will not be able to govern by force
07:32even in Venezuela, which decided to be free.
07:38Our country is more united than ever in its political direction and in its homes.
07:45Yesterday we showed that we are not afraid,
07:49and I know that we will be many more in the streets of Venezuela and the world.
07:55Today I ask each Venezuelan to exercise their right to protest.
08:03Maduro consolidated the coup d'état and the violation of our constitution.
08:10It is time to do what is necessary to restore it.
08:16Glory to the brave people.