While anarchy rules the streets, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory on Monday in an internationally criticized election for his assembly to rewrite the constitution, although he succeeded in completely and utter destruction of liberty for the future.
By evening, electoral officials announced the winners of the vote, a list of leftist candidates including Diosdado Cabello, a powerful politician who once participated in a failed coup attempt, and Cilia Flores, Mr. Maduro’s wife.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">10 people were killed yesterday, including minors, amid sham vote as Venezuela descends into despotism. <a href="https://t.co/8o13F7zW1x">https://t.co/8o13F7zW1x</a> <a href="https://t.co/AqKn62Otno">pic.twitter.com/AqKn62Otno</a></p>— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/891990924745748480">July 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The result effectively decimated the Venezuelan political opposition to the Socialist regime, and will now give the Marxists complete control over a country that remains in absolute chaos.
“I said rain, thunder or lightning, the 30th of July was going to come,” the President said in a makeshift video broadcast from his vehicle after he cast his own ballot.
He remained vigilant in nature saying that the vote would “soon bring peace to a country” where about 120 people have died during protests this year against his rule.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Venezuela :a Constituent Assembly elected under doubtful & often violent circumstances can't be part of the solution <a href="https://t.co/0nfvTSkzrr">https://t.co/0nfvTSkzrr</a> <a href="https://t.co/ky1eAd9pd6">pic.twitter.com/ky1eAd9pd6</a></p>— European Commission (@EU_Commission) <a href="https://twitter.com/EU_Commission/status/891994556954181632">July 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Ten people were killed in a single day of bloodshed that created massive controversy on the global stage, as Venezuela on Sunday became a graveyard due to the mass casualties as Maduro defied the opposition boycott and international condemnation of his actions.
The United States has implied a heavy threat of new US sanctions, over Maduro's actions to hold elections for a powerful new "Constituent Assembly."
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Reported now that 27 more protestors were just shot dead in one incident. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/venezuela?src=hash">#venezuela</a> is genocide.</p>— Todd Kron (@Toddkron) <a href="https://twitter.com/Toddkron/status/891769140855353346">July 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The country is expected on Monday morning to prepare for another wave of violent protests, which are currently in the midst of increasing as they have for many months.
On Sunday, protesters attacked the various polling stations and barricaded streets around the country, which resulted in drawing a bloody and brutal response from Maduro's security forces, who later opened fire with live ammunition killing many civilians.
Despite the widespread boycott and the unrest amongst the people, the head of the National Electoral Council, Tibisay Lucena, who is one of 13 Maduro allies already granted sanctions by American President Donald Trump's Administration; said there had been "extraordinary turnout" of more than eight million voters, 41.5 percent of the electorate.”
This figure is disputed by the opposition parties however who say that 88% of Venezuelans abstained or were forced out of the streets by Maduro's savage regime.
Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations, slammed the election as a move towards dictatorship.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Maduro’s sham election is another step toward dictatorship. We won't accept an illegit govt. The Venezuelan ppl & democracy will prevail.</p>— Nikki Haley (@nikkihaley) <a href="https://twitter.com/nikkihaley/status/891768738239979522">July 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Members of the new assembly will include Maduro's wife Cilia Flores, his pugnacious right-hand man Diosdado Cabello, and other staunch allies.
The socialist president is gambling his four-year rule on the 545-member assembly, which will be empowered to dissolve the opposition-controlled congress and rewrite the constitution.
Hundreds of young protesters have been shot dead in the streets, over a prolonged series of political violence.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Reported now that 27 more protestors were just shot dead in one incident. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/venezuela?src=hash">#venezuela</a> is genocide.</p>— Todd Kron (@Toddkron) <a href="https://twitter.com/Toddkron/status/891769140855353346">July 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Many media outlets are reporting that an opposition candidate was also murdered after armed individuals stormed the home.of Jóse Félix Pineda and brutally killed him.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An armed group in Venezuela broke into the home of a candidate and killed him, prosecutors said <a href="https://t.co/eVkp6wP6Ax">https://t.co/eVkp6wP6Ax</a></p>— The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/891995874527768576">July 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
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What's most certainly clear is the nation is reminiscent of a war zone, and people are dying. The international community is either going to have to allow such a genocide to continue or take actions against Maduro.
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