By A. Shaw
Henrique Capriles, the losing pro-capitalist candidate in the April 14 presidential election in Venezuela, says in the April 25 edition of El Universal that “We are not afraid of your threats. The truth will see the light. You can not twist the truth.The truth is that you stole the election,” he added.
“WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF YOUR THREATS”
Eight people were murdered and over 70 people were seriously injured in post-election violence incited, in large part, by defeated bourgeois candidate Capriles immediately after Capriles lost the close April 14 race. The democratic government with a growing proletarian content in Venezuela vows to apprehend and prosecute the criminals who murdered and injured Venezuelan citizens over the election results. Capriles calls this vow by the Venezuelan government to apprehend and prosecute criminals a “threat” against him and his supporters.
The people of Venezuela are not afraid of Capriles and his supporters.
“THE TRUTH WILL SEE THE LIGHT”
The truth already sees the light. The truth is Capriles is a bad loser. And, everybody, including his suppporters, knows it.
“YOU CAN NOT TWIST THE TRUTH”
Then why does Capriles persist in twisting.
In other words, this twisting is lying. Capriles lied before the campaign, during the campaign, and after the campaign.
“THE TRUTH IS THAT YOU STOLE THE ELECTION”
That’s Capriles favorite lie after the campaign.
The majority of the Venezuelan people rejects Capriles’ lie about an election theft.
National Electoral Council, which supervises Venezuelan elections, rejects Capriles’ lie. This Council supervised seven elections in which Capriles was a candidate over the last 14 years.This Council recognized Capriles as the winner in five of his seven races — one for national legislator, two for mayor of Baruta, and two for governor of Miranda. Capriles gloated when the Council called him the winner in these five races. But Capriles, a bad loser, sniveled both times the Council declared him the loser in races for president. So, to Capriles, the Council is right when the Council finds for Capriles but wrong when it doesn’t. Capriles is a two-faced hypocrite who can’t stand to lose.
Of the 34 members countries of the OAS, all but four — namely, the reactionary bourgeois regimes in Washingtion DC, Paraguay,Canada, and Panama — recognize the April 14 election as free and fair. So, all but two Latin American and Caribbean countries — Panama and Paraguay — recognize the legitimacy of the Venezuelan Government. Nicolas Maduro would not enjoy overwhelming regional support if he “stole” the election as Capriles falsely asserts .
Most of the countries of the world — including many of the closest allies of US imperialists like UK, France, Germany, Japan — reject Capriles’ lie about a stolen April 14 election and recognize the Nicolas Maduro Government.
Only Capriles, the bombing-dropping and missile-shooting imperialist regimes, and the vile bourgeois media in Venezuela and around the world spread Capriles’ lie that the April 14 election in Venezuela was stolen.
