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USA Recognizes Opposition Candidate as Venezuelan Election Winner. Swap of Political Prisoners for Murderers and Spies.
You are watching the news from the weekly rally at the Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Today is August 3, 2:30 PM.
On August 1, the USA recognized opposition candidate Edmundo González as the winner of the presidential elections in Venezuela. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that they fully support the process of restoring democratic norms in Venezuela.
www.state.gov/assessing-the-results-of-venezuelas-presidential-election/
"For us, free Cubans in Portugal, it is a pride to support free Russians in Portugal... who want to overthrow Putin's totalitarianism... and who oppose the war in Ukraine... We also want to defend the rights of the Cuban people... And the glorious Venezuelan people, who with their blood defend their vote for freedom made on July 28."
youtu.be/uWzgO7Nmnh8
The independent news organization "The Associated Press" reported how the Venezuelan opposition managed to collect more than two-thirds of the ballot papers and prove their victory. Dictator Nicolas Maduro and President of the National Assembly Jorge Rodriguez call their opponents fascists.
apnews.com/article/venezuela-election-maduro-machado-edmundo-chorizo-6d9f3999c60c09eb30e69c757ce80b11
The New York Times cited data from the independent exit poll Edison Research and the parallel vote count AltaVista, according to which González received twice as many votes as Maduro.
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/world/americas/venezuela-maduro-election-results.html
On August 4 at 6 PM, Venezuelans are gathering in Lisbon at Praça do Comércio. They say: "No fraud will stop our determination for Freedom."
www.instagram.com/p/C-D4lUcNRws/
On August 1, a historic prisoner exchange operation took place, involving seven countries. The Russian service of "BBC News" reported that the deal had been in preparation for more than six months with the participation of the White House, the US State Department, and the CIA, and was kept strictly secret.
www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c7202wxglr9o
Mikhail Khodorkovsky reported on his channel that opposition politicians, journalists, human rights activists, and citizens of other countries, arrested simply for the exchange, were released from Russian and Belarusian prisons. Putin bargained for a murderer, swindlers, smugglers, and spies.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECacqCwpQh8
Christian Trippe, head of DW's Eastern Europe department and the Russian desk, believes that this deal sends a signal that terror remains unpunished if the state on whose orders the terror is carried out takes a sufficient number of hostages on the other side.
www.dw.com/ru/kommentarij-kreml-vzal-pravo-v-zalozniki/a-69839630
At a press conference after the exchange, politician Andrei Pivovarov said that the idea that "we need to wait it out" is politically incorrect and named the main task to guide the people who are ready to do something, taking an acceptable level of risk for them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jEqFEC66ig
On July 27, pianist Pavel Kushnir died in one of the Russian prisons after a dry hunger strike. The reason for his persecution was his videos on a YouTube channel with 5 subscribers.
telegra.ph/V-SIZO-Birobidzhana-posle-golodovki-skonchalsya-antivoennyj-aktivist-Ego-otpravili-v-SIZO-za-kritiku-Putina-na-yutub-kanale-s-py-08-02
"The Bucha massacre is a disgrace to our homeland, fascism is the death of our homeland, Putin is a fascist," he says in his latest video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9isMnGKIn8
According to OVD Info, there are about 1,300 political prisoners in Russia, and their lives and freedom depend on how long this regime remains in power.
data.ovd.info
On our website, we have collected information about political prisoners to whom you can write a letter. Our database also contains data on 61 people with Ukrainian citizenship.
adrl.pt/political-prisoners?sort=name&citizenship=ukraine&rows=10000
The returned political prisoners said they will continue their fight to end the war and to free Russia from the Putin regime. Join this fight too.
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