Venezuelan Protest Against Fraud
People worldwide protested against the electoral fraud in the presidential Venezuelan elections held on July 28. In Bogotá D.C., Colombia, Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán and Mariluz Palma, director of Comando con Venezuela joined the demonstration in a powerful show of unity and hope. Venezuelan expatriates displayed their voting records as proof of the government’s wrongdoing. Their unwavering spirit highlights the resilience and courage of those standing up against repression and fighting for meaningful change in Venezuela.
In Bogotá D.C. Lourdes's Park, a protester holds sign reading: "Venezuela has already chosen," during a demonstration against alleged electoral fraud in the Venezuelan presidential elections. The gathering drew Venezuelan expatriates demanding recognition of their vote.
A woman shouts with her hand over her mouth, wearing a bandana in the colours of the Venezuelan flag that reads: "The People." In front of her, a Colombian citizen shouts with the flag draped around her shoulders, expressing her deep love for the neighboring country where she spent many years.
Bogotá D.C.'s Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán holds the Venezuelan flag on stage alongside Mariluz Palama, director of Comando Venezuela in Colombia, during the demonstration. He expressed his support for the opposition, stating that Nicolás Maduro lost in the past elections, and urged him to surrender power to Edmundo González.
Three women shouts in unison: one raises a clenched fist with a bandana in the colours of the Venezuelan flag that reads: "The People" tied around her head, the second holds the same bandana tied around her neck, and the third one wears a white cap featuring the "V" and stars of the Venezuelan flag.
People holding voting records as proof of the government's wrongdoing. Among the crowd, some chant slogans, while holding certificates that reads: "I defend Peaceful Protest in Venezuela," "The Eyes of Latin America in Venezuela," "Keep Clam and Venezuela Free." A
A woman with a bandana tied around her head featuring the Venezuelan flag that reads: "Free," looks ahead.
A woman wearing a cap featuring the Venezuelan flag holds a cardboard that reads: "Venezuela Is Peace, is Freedom, We are one voice, (We Already Voted, We Already Won), This Is Until the End, Faith Buddy, The Fly Hunted the Eagle, I love You María Corina."
A man holds a white cardboard featuring a drawn Venezuelan flag with the text, and as the tittle: " For a Free Venezuela, the yellow section: " Today I march for my country from a distance," the blue section: "I march for those who cannot," and the yellow section: "Out of Fear and Repression." Next to the flag a hand is shown holding a chain with the flag on the wrist.
The Venezuelan flag is painted on the right side of a man's face, extending from his forehead through his right eye to his right cheek, with the word: "Freedom" written below in white font.
A woman and a man wearing matching T-shirts that says: "Freedom Venezuela"—her shirt is white, his is black. The man stand behind her holding the Venezuelan flag in his left hand.
