Monday April 15th 2013

After less than 24 hours of announcing the results, and Maduro's saying to go on with the audit of the votes, the Electoral Council of Venezuela (CNE) took haste in denying our right to have the recount and move ahead with a overly rush proclamation of Nicolás Maduro as President. Less than 24 hours when there where still votes to be counted, specially those from foreign countries, including MY vote, when the people was waiting for a recount, but the answer was NO, they kept repeating like crazy people, our system is the best in the world, the paper the voting machine gives you doesn't matter, it's just a receipt, like saying is not your vote just some paper, but still you can take it home nor take a picture of it because is against the law.

Maduro proceed to give a very negative, divisional and violent speech against the opposition and Henrique Capriles, claiming the same conspiracy theories that we have been listening to for 14 years about the United States and other countries, that want to take our country for them, ironically Monday was the same day when in Boston a tragic act of terrorism took place during the marathon, so I ask myself is really Venezuelan government that egocentric, that couldn't see that the United States were concern with their own problems?

"Si no hay justicia para el pueblo, que no haya paz para el gobierno" 
"If there is no justice to the people, there shall be no peace for the government"
Emiliano Zapata

Next Capriles asked the people to participate in a form of protest called "Cacerolazo" it consist on clapping a pot against a spoon to make noise. This has been a commonly know way of protest on my country through out the years and is one of the most pacifist way of sharing your discontent. This happened on Monday night at 8 o'clock and the sound could be heard in all the country. 

The sound could be heard from the youngest...

To the eldest...

More than 7 million people in Venezuela are being unheard by its government. The discontent is growing. Conformism is over. Now is the time for a new Venezuela.