A crowd came out to ask him to leave Maduro | Chronic

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets Wednesday across the country demanding the release of the president's government. Nicolás Maduro, which they do not recognize the new mandate, because they come from elections challenged by lack of impartiality.

The demonstrations were convened by the Acting President of the Republic, appointed by the National Assembly (AN, parliament), Juan Guaidó, whose appointment has aggravated the conflict of powers that the country had been living since 2016, when the Legislative power was controlled by anti-Chavezism.

"We are in more than 5,000 points in the streets, for the desire to live in a better country"said Guaidó at the headquarters of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) in Caracas, where he participated in the demonstration with student leaders.

"They thought that today the people of Venezuela would be scared, that it would generate fear, but today we are in the street and we will come back on Saturday."said the acting president, according to the newspaper Caracas El Nacional.

The demonstrations, during which no incident was reported this afternoon, lasted two hours, blocking avenues and highways – often very partial – while protesters chanted slogans and displayed posters asking Maduro to leave.

This cycle of protests began early last week, with dozens of small, daily night demonstrations and a major protest on Wednesday 23rd, emblematic day in Venezuela to mark the anniversary of the fall of the dictatorship of the general Marcos Pérez Jiménez.

At least 35 people and 850 detainees were murdered during the protests – among them 77 children and adolescents – bringing to 976 the total number of opponents imprisoned in Venezuela, according to the NGO Observatorio Venezolano de Conflictividad Social ( OVCS) and Foro Penal Venezolano. (FPV), respectively.

Similarly, professional and trade union organizations have denounced about 50 attacks on the press, including detention for about 12 hours in the Miraflores presidential palace of six journalists, Venezuelans. Maiker Yriarte and Ana Rodríguez, the Chileans Rodrigo Pérez and Gonzalo Barahonaand French Pierre Caillet and Rolando Rodríguez

The first four were released this morning and the Chileans were taken to Maiquetia airport, after the Maduro government decided to deport them, while this afternoon lacked details about the French chroniclers, he said. reported the National Union of Venezuelan Press Workers (SNTP) and the French newspaper Le Parisien.

In addition, at least seven programs of private radio and television stations were suppressed, including one run by the famous journalist César Miguel Rondón for nearly 30 years.