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LDP suggested that the number of passports canceled might be greater than 40 because that total did not include passports confiscated at Simón Bolívar International Airport.
Unlike previous reports of jailing and harassing those who protested the elections, the cancellation of passports is considered by many as a covert act of revenge by the Maduro regime for those suspected of protesting the country’s presidential election results. It’s easier to cancel passports and brings less attention to those being victimized by such tactics than being jailed or worse. Still, the LDP considered it another form of abuse by Maduro’s government.
“The government has found that passport cancellation is an effective way to neutralize and muffle critical voices with minimal effort,” Rafael Uzcátegui, co-director of LDP, Venezuela’s presidential election occurred on July 28. After the election, Maduro and the opposition candidate of the Unitary Platform political alliance, Edmundo Gonzalez, declared victory. Exit polls on the eve of the election showed Gonzalez with a sizable lead. However, the National Electoral Council, Venezuela’s government agency in charge of elections and a Maduro-regime ally, declared Maduro the winner. It is widely suspected that Maduro did not win the election.
Waves of protests engulfed the country for weeks, with many Venezuelans believing that Maduro cheated to remain in power. Gonzalez’s opposition party provided proof of his victory by showing voter tally sheets from the election. TheHuman Rights Watch identified “widespread human rights violations” of those who opposed the election results.
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