“The purpose of this event is, once again, to unite with the Venezuelan people who have always known how to respond every time there has been an opportunity to show that they do not want that government, the misgovernment of the Maduro dictatorship,” said Bovo when speaking at the press conference this Wednesday, July 31, at the Homeland and Life Square en 800 West 29th Street, Hialeah.
“They have shown their rejection when they went out to vote with dignity. Although the Maduro government did everything possible to prevent free voting, more than six million Venezuelans cast their vote, clearly indicating that they wanted change. And the response of the Venezuelan government has been not only repression, accusations, and now they are even hunting down many of the opponents, with the idea of putting them in jail, perhaps they intend to take their lives.”
“Who congratulated Maduro? The same people as always: Cuba, China, Russia, Iran and Nicaragua.”
“We must raise our humble voice in Hialeah. If they are suffering in Caracas, we are suffering too.”
The councillor blamed President Joe Biden for lifting sanctions against the regime “with false promises from the communists. When do the communists keep their promises?”
“The Biden-Harris administration is responsible for what is happening in Venezuela. If there are children dying in the streets, their hands are also full of blood for lifting the sanctions.”
“But we here will continue to raise our voices, supporting the one who won the elections. The real president of Venezuela should be called Edmundo González, not Maduro.”
Bovo urged “decent countries that respect democracy to join this effort. “Maduro has to go and he has to go now.”
“The Venezuelan people deserve their freedom. But, sadly, I believe that the only way to achieve it is by shooting. Communists can be elected, but when they take power there is only one way to get them out: by shooting.”
He then qualified his words and said that he does not want innocent Venezuelan blood spilling in the streets, “the only one who can prevent that is Maduro. Let him go!” he insisted.
Alex Rizo, state representative and chairman of the Miami-Dade Republican Party, said: “We are here to support Mr. Gonzalez and to make everyone in Florida say that Maduro has to go now.”
For his part, the county commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera He expressed his solidarity with the Venezuelan people. “Many are asking, what are these press conferences doing? Well, what they do is tell Maduro, his regime and the Venezuelan army that we are watching them.”
“Anyone who is harmed or imprisoned for trying to bring transparency to elections, we are watching you and we will not forget you. Whether at the UN or wherever, accounts will be settled and justice will be served.”
The commissioner blamed the Biden-Harris administration for not immediately reinstating sanctions when the Maduro regime disqualified the opposition Maria Corina Machado.
“They lifted the sanctions and let them fill their pockets with money, selling oil to continue oppressing the people.”
“We have seen in Cuba that appeasement policies do not work and what we are doing today with our position is to make sure that Washington hears us,” said Cabrera, who advocated for the reinstatement of sanctions against the Maduro regime and “doing everything possible to bring democracy to Venezuela.”
“We have seen sacrifices, but I think we are going to see more sacrifices from the Venezuelan people,” he said. Congressman Carlos Gimenezwho urged Venezuelans to continue fighting for their freedom.
“Continue with the protests, stay in the streets, put maximum pressure on the Maduro regime. Why? Because the whole world is with you.” “Freedom is not free and this is the time.”
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Congressman Giménez said they had sent a letter to President Biden asking for stricter sanctions to be reinstated “not only against the Maduro regime but against all countries that support it and trade with it.”
The Venezuelan activist Ernesto Ackerman He spoke of the courage and dedication of his people, highlighted the figure of the leader María Corina Machado, and called on the community of Venezuelans abroad to pressure the governments of the countries where they are to promote democracy in Venezuela.
She also read a message from Machado denouncing “the theft of the indisputable electoral victory achieved on July 28” and the criminal response of the regime to the protests with kidnappings, murders and persecution. In that message, the opposition leader alerted the world about Maduro’s wave of repression, that in 48 hours at least 177 people have been imprisoned, another 11 were missing and 16 Venezuelans had been murdered.
“To the families of those killed and injured for defending the electoral victory, I send my words of solidarity and my conviction that we will consolidate the victory. I have told them that we will go all the way, and we will go all the way.”promised leader Machado in the message.
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Maria Cristina Vasquezcommunications coordinator of SELL Venezuelathe party founded by Machado, thanked the Venezuelan people for the support they are receiving from around the world. “More than 80 countries support us and called on the people of Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia to join in the fight. “Now is the time to act.”
They also spoke Fabio Andrade, International Coordinator of the Democratic Center of the party of former President Álvaro Uribe, and were present at the event Rossana Cordero-Studzcandidate for county sheriff; Carlos Garincandidate for mayor of Miami-Dade, and Dariel Fernandeza candidate for county tax collector, among other Republican leaders and Hialeah council members.
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