Opposition Leader Joins Rally Calling for Venezuela Presidential Election Results to Be Overturned

Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro are displaying a Venezuelan flag during a rally called by presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, in front of the United Nations headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 30, 2024 (Photo by Jonathan Lanza/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in the streets of Venezuela’s capital, waving the national flag and singing the national anthem in support of an opposition candidate they believe won the presidential election by a landslide. The government has declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of last Sunday’s poll, but have yet to produce voting tallies to prove he won. Opposition leaders say tally sheets they obtained from polling centers nationwide show Maduro clearly lost his bid for a third six-year term. Opposition leader María Corina Machado addressed the ecstatic crowd Saturday, saying “Never has the regime been so weak.”