Interview recorded by Fire This Time when in Venezuela as International observers to the May 20, 2018 election. For a report on the delegation visit firethistimevenezuela2018.
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Good afternoon, my name is Dolores Villegas,
they call me Lola. I am one of the leaders
of Urbanismo Hugo Chávez, a product
of the revolution. We are in the electoral
center in the communal house where the 15
councils of popular power of this Urbanismo
converge. Today we are in the middle of the
election party, for the country, for Venezuela,
for peace. You can see, as observers, that there
is a party, everything is at peace, everything is
quiet and in harmony and it is clear that we
are looking for what we are always looking
for, our peace and our sovereignty.
We will not allow any empire, not European,
nor North American, to get their way in
Venezuela. We decided to be free a long time
ago together with an immortal leader named
Hugo Chávez who still in our hearts. By
our own decision we are free. Today we are
demonstrating that we want to remain free.
At this electoral center there is always two
shifts of people coming to vote, because of
the effects of the sun and being on the coast.
People come to the voting center from 6 in
the morning to 2 in the afternoon. The next
group comes after 5pm, as the sun has gone
down and there is not so much heat. The
center stays open until the last elector has
voted. If the last elector arrives at 2 in the
morning, then at 2 in the morning, this center
is still open. Already, a large percentage of
the 3,000 or so electors in this center have
come to vote, more than 2,000. Almost 60%
of people have voted and there are not many
people missing. Why? Because people go out
to vote, go out to participate and above all
want freedom.
FTT: What is your message for the people of
the world, direct from Venezuela?
Lola: My message is – unite. Unity, battle,
victory and struggle. Those were the words
that our previous president Hugo Chávez
said.
Here we are sure that our president
Nicolás Maduro has already been elected
today through the democratic vote of the
Venezuelan people. We are already sure
that our President will back at it again,
tomorrow, May 21, giving a hard time to
this international interference, to North
American and European interference.
