The dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro banned on Thursday (16) the Hotel el Recreo, in the city of La Victoria, 88 km from the capital of Venezuela, Caracas. Opposition candidate Edmundo González and María Corina Machado, the opposition leader who was prevented from participating in this year’s presidential elections, were staying there this Saturday (18), to participate in a campaign event in the city.
Edmundo González is the main candidate in the dispute against the Venezuelan dictator and is in the midst of an election campaign. The Venezuelan elections are scheduled for July 28th. González was chosen to run for president for the PUD party [Plataforma Unitária Democrática] after the impediment of the candidacies of María Corina and Corina Yoris.
Carlos Daniel Zapata, a member of the opposition, denounced the action of the Maduro dictatorship: “We denounce the closure of the Hotel el Recreo to prevent Edmundo González and María Corina from staying in La Victoria. These papers will be missing to close the houses of all Victorians who will receive the next President of the Republic”, he wrote on his profile on X (formerly Twitter).
According to the Venezuelan newspaper El Pitazo, which opposes Maduro’s dictatorship, since mid-2023, four other similar episodes have been recorded. One of the first cases was that of the Hotel Príncipe de Barquisimeto, in the state of Lara, closed on May 23 last year, when it was hosting María Corina.
As reported by the newspaper, when inspecting the place, the Health Controller stated that it was not compatible with health standards and also claimed that the establishment was infested with rats. In addition to closing the area, guests who were already at the hotel were displaced.
The Mi Canelo commercial establishment, in Charallave, was also closed after holding an assembly with María Corina and the Urumaco de Coro hotel, in the state of Falcón, was closed after hosting her. Likewise, the El Paseo hotel, located in the city of Maracaibo, had its services suspended after receiving the opposition.
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