- Guaidó "Being here today represents that the fundamental values in Venezuela resisted"
At the shout of "president, president," about 7:45 p.m. and skipping the planned program, Juan Guaidó was received at the Puerta del Sol by thousands of Venezuelans, who crammed the square from the early afternoon enduring the rain and the intense cold To hear his words In an emotional speech, the president-elect called on his countrymen to "keep fighting" to change the situation in his country. The Government Delegation in Madrid estimated that some 5,000 were concentrated.
"We are not going to give up, we are far away, but we are present. Venezuela will be free very soon," he cried at the beginning of his speech, delivered from a stage where he was accompanied by the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez Almeida and the vice mayor , Begoña Villacís, and by several opposition leaders. "They have listened to us everywhere," said the president in charge of Venezuela about the European tour that has finally brought him to Spain.
Guaidó reminded his countrymen that they have to continue communicating the situation that is happening in their country, since they begin to hear that "the thing in Venezuela has cooled down." "The world is going to help us, we are not alone, but we have our task, we have to stay mobilized. We have to carry the message of Venezuela, and continue to stand before authoritarianism. We have to be intolerant of hate and corruption. Never more we allow these injustices, "said Guadó, who acknowledged that he has been able to make" mistakes "in the past, but promised to fight to make" Venezuela free soon. " During his speech he had memories for the thousands of jailed opponents, but promised that "the risk will have been worth it."
"Today the world listens to us, we need help from everything and everyone; let's push in the same direction and get our society healed," concluded Guaido, who was interrupted by the applause of the attendees on several occasions and by the cries of "freedom , freedom "or" yes you can ".
The concentration was attended by Venezuelans living in different parts of Spain. Holding a "Outside, Maduro" sign was Emir, 45, and a resident since November in Madrid. A former oil industry worker, he fled from the state of Falcón to Spain after the "government services raided" his home after denouncing that "we were refining and transferring the oil to Cuba for free." "I left my family there, I hope Guaidó now has the right plan, but for that we need an international intervention," he said. "Venezuela is not a dictatorship, it is a tyranny; I in my work went from charging $ 2,500 to only five," he recalled.
Or Rafael, from Caracas, who left his country last year "because of the terrible economic situation we are living". "We have the lowest salary in Latin America, two dollars a month, with that you don't buy even half a dozen eggs, we don't have social rights, there are constant power outages, you can't get food ...", the young man listed, who He added that they have "high hopes in the period that opens with the legitimate president; today we have come to support him. Now we look forward to the support of the entire international community."
"I don't understand that Pedro Sánchez recognizes Guaidó, but he doesn't receive him today, it's a shame," said Pedro, a firefighter in Caracas until three years ago when he emigrated to Spain, where he works as a janitor. "This is a great country. In Venezuela the situation was unsustainable," says the Caracas, who has already brought his family to Madrid.
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