Minister of Defense of Venezuela: The West is planning a coup in Caracas
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency quoted by Rashatoudi, the Minister of Defense of Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino, while condemning the widespread riots in the country after Nicolás Maduro’s re-victory in the presidential elections of Venezuela, the country’s opposition, which is supported He accused the West of attempting a coup.
Protests and riots began after the official announcement of Maduro’s re-election victory in Venezuela, in the streets of the country, specifically in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Edmundo Gonzalez, his electoral rival, claimed that he is the legitimate winner of this election, and thousands of his supporters came to the streets in support of this claim and claimed election fraud!
Padrino accused the protesters of “vandalism and destruction of government buildings, including hundreds of polling stations and offices of the National Election Council.”
He emphasized: This hatred and illogicality is part of the pre-planned plan of political groups supported by America. Protesters against Maduro are planning a coup with the support of North American imperialism and its foreign and domestic allies.
Venezuela’s defense minister added: We are witnessing fascism, which an international structure with hundreds of millions of dollars investment intends to discredit the extraordinary manifestation of the civility of the Venezuelan people on election day, and this fascism in It displays the highest level.
Padrino added: As the saying goes, history has always correctly shown that the path of violence will not lead to any positive results.
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council announced on Sunday that after counting 80% of the votes, Maduro was leading with more than 51% of the votes and his rival won 44% of the votes. has brought.
Maduro, who became the president of Venezuela in 2013 and after the death of Hugo Chávez, for the third consecutive term, rested on the post of power for another 6 years.