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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - As portion of a planetary show of solidarity, the section Venezuelan assemblage and allies gathered successful Fresno Saturday to protestation the caller predetermination results successful Venezuela.
The peaceful protestation that took spot adjacent River Park called for a beardown tendency to spot Venezuela escaped from dictatorship and repression.
"We're present peacefully protesting due to the fact that we privation Venezuela to beryllium free. The 28th of July determination was fraud committed connected the elections and we are bushed of misery— being repressed of a authorities that is simply a dictatorship wherever our quality rights are not listened. We privation state for Venezuela," said protestor Anyelieth Rodriguez.
This protestation successful Fresno was portion of a greater planetary full aft absorption person María Corina Machado called for demonstrators to rise their voices for state and request the Venezuelan Supreme Electoral Council merchandise each the authoritative records from the July 28 predetermination and to officially state Edmundo González the winner. They besides request the resignation of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Aura González, an organizer for the radical "Venezolanos Central Valley," which helps Venezuelan immigrants get accustomed to the U.S., says the objection successful Fresno was intended to bring consciousness internationally toward a 25-year repressive regime.
"In Venezuela, we clasp elections nether precise disadvantaged circumstances due to the fact that the Maduro authorities holds each the powerfulness successful my state truthful civilian rights and civilian liberties and state of property successful my state don't exist," González said.
And portion galore successful the vale who are not Venezuelan whitethorn not deliberation doubly astir this election, González says this contented yet affects the states.
"If predetermination outcomes are perceived arsenic fraudulent oregon referred it tin pb to an summation successful rent and instability successful Venezuela, perchance exacerbating the migration crisis. So Venezuelans surviving successful the vale whitethorn look precocious uncertainty astir their families backmost home, accrued unit connected section resources and enactment systems," González explained.
Earlier this year a radical of Venezuelan asylum seekers unexpectedly arrived successful Fresno from retired of state. Fresno May Jerry Dyer responded by saying they needed to beryllium sent backmost to El Paso to acquisition the authoritative ineligible processes but besides provided them with support.
"What we are doing successful the City of Fresno is somewhat of a triage, and that is to marque definite that they person their wellness needs met, to marque definite that they person food, immoderate impermanent structure and services provided to them," Mayor Dyer said successful a February property conference.
González says it has been 15 years since she has seen her household and adds this is simply a world for galore asylum seekers who trek done unsafe routes and permission down their full lives to flight the regime.
"We privation our ideology back. We privation to travel backmost home. We privation to hug again our household our relatives that we near determination and we privation everyone to person elemental things that each quality being deserves," González said. "Human rights is food, water, a decent [job], a bully healthcare strategy due to the fact that Venezuela close present we person a crisis, unfortunately. And we privation bid and liberty that is simply a quality close that each quality being deserves."
And portion ways to amusement enactment tin scope from donating to nonprofits and organizations, utilizing societal media, oregon supporting legislation, 1 of the champion ways to assistance is to enactment informed astir the situation done trusted sources, González says.
"Please get good informed astir what is happening successful [Venezuela] due to the fact that sometimes radical tin misunderstand the strategy that is close present successful the presidency successful my state and marque comparisons that doesn't align with what precisely is happening," González said. "Sometimes it tin beryllium precise delicate for galore Venezuelans erstwhile radical travel without the due knowledge."
Aura González is calling for immoderate and each Venezuelans successful the vale to scope retired to the radical "Venezolanos Central Valley CA" connected Facebook for support.
