Nicolas Maduro calls Corina Machado a “terrorist”

Nicolás Maduro continues the political persecution of the main opponents of his dictatorial regime

He Venezuelan President Nicolas Madurolashed out at the opposition leader Maria Corina Machadowhom he described as “fugitive from justice”Machado has been in an undisclosed location for security reasons since last week.

The Venezuelan president, who according to the National Electoral Council (CNE) won the presidential elections on July 28, called Machado “terrorist” and assured that it has caused “quite a bit of damage” to the country. Machado, for his part, has been broadcasting messages from hiding.

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Without legitimacy

The official result of the CNE has been questioned not only by the Democratic Unitary Platformbut also by foreign governments and international observers such as the Carter Center, which monitored the election.

Earlier, Machado offered Maduro a “negotiated transition” of power, but the deputy and first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabellocriticised his right to negotiate, demanding that he be held accountable for “calls for acts of violence”.

In the context of the post-election protests, which have resulting in at least 24 deaths and more than 2,400 arrests According to the NGO Provea, national and international organizations such as Amnesty International have called for a “preventive declaration” of the International Criminal Court to address human rights violations in Venezuela.