The world’s attention on Venezuela has focused lately on the fallout from a highly contested presidential election that both the ruling party and its opponents claim to have won, the persecution of critics and the arrest warrant issued this week against the former opposition presidential candidate.
FILE - A child holds a “Super Bigote” action figure doll modeled after President Nicolas Maduro , a Christmas gifts delivered by government officials, in the Carayaca neighborhood of La Guaira, Venezuela , Dec. 27, 2022. FILE - A child holds a “Super Bigote” action figure doll modeled after President Nicolas Maduro , a Christmas gifts delivered by government officials, in the Carayaca neighborhood of La Guaira, Venezuela , Dec. 27, 2022.
“It’s September, and it already smells like Christmas,” Maduro said Monday night during his weekly television show. “That’s why this year, as a way of paying tribute to you all, and in gratitude to you all, I’m going to decree an early Christmas for October 1.”“Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy, family reunions, parties, presents,” José Ernesto Ruiz, a 57-year-old office worker, said Tuesday in Caracas, the capital.
But the lack of transparency has drawn international condemnation against Maduro and his allies, while the main opposition faction has presented electronic copies of its own electoral tallies showing that its candidate,Protests against Maduro’s proclamation erupted after the election, and the government responded by arresting several people. More than 2,000 people — including journalists, politicians and aid workers — have been arrested since then.
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