'The coup failed and they don't realize it,' Maduro stated during a rally in Caracas.
The coup "failed and they don't realize it," said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, addressing a crowd that took to the streets of Caracas this Saturday (2), in defense of democracy and in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Bolivarian Revolution: "The Revolution is governing here, and we will continue to govern," said the president.
247 - At this moment, thousands of people are occupying the streets of Caracas and various other cities across the country in defense of democracy and in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Bolivarian Revolution. In a speech, President Nicolás Maduro called on the opposition to abandon the path of foreign interference.
"How long will they continue to harm the country? Enough of the damage they have done to our homeland," said Maduro, emphasizing that the coup has already failed. "It failed and they don't realize it. The Revolution is governing here, and we will continue to govern," said the president.
In Caracas, the country's capital, workers, students, members of popular movements and collectives are holding signs and banners denouncing the coup attempt led by Juan Guaidó, who has the support of the Donald Trump administration.
Maduro stated that the solution lies in work and local production, and reiterated his call for peace. "We have achieved peace, peace has been reinstated, they could not fill Venezuela with violence, we defeated them justly," he added.
In this regard, he insisted on dialogue. "Whenever you want, wherever you want, however you want, I am ready to speak and to prepare the national meeting in a way that respects this Constitution among all and to establish a national agenda of priorities," he said, noting that the most urgent of these was the recovery of the economy.
The head of state also congratulated the initiatives of the governments of Mexico, Uruguay, and Bolivia, which, opting for peace and democracy, are trying to establish a negotiating table between the parties within Venezuela.
In an article, the journalist Breno Altman He refutes the argument put forward by the US government for calling new elections. According to him, "proposing new elections without halting the ongoing coup and restoring both constitutional and diplomatic normalcy, far from being a peaceful solution, strengthens those who seek to seize power by force."