PROTESTS ERUPTED IN VENEZUELA OVER THE RESULTS OF THE COUNTRY'S LATEST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

CURRENT PRESIDENT NICOLAS MOTHER LITTLE DECLARED VICTORY.

BUT AS OPPOSITION IS RAISING CONCERNS OVER THE ACCURACY OF THOSE RESULTS, THE COUNTRY HAS SEEN MILLIONS OF RESIDENTS FLEE TO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES.

AFTER YEARS OF ECONOMIC INSTABILITY AND POLITICAL UNREST.

JOINING US TO BREAK DOWN WHAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IS.

MARTIN ELBERT WHO WORKS ON HUMANITARIAN AID FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

BEEN US IN CHICAGO.

AND ONE GOAL SATURDAY IS A SENIOR FELLOW AT THE GREAT CITIES INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO AND I AM A JEWEL GOT SEE THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE ILLINOIS VENICE WILL IN THE LINES.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

AND I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU HEARD MOTHER SAY THAT HE WON?

TOO BEINGS.

YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WAS SUCH A HOPE I THINK THAT WAS THE SUM UNIFY A SENTIMENT THAT THIS IS THIS WAS ACTION THAT WE WERE GOING TO WAITING THEY KNOW, JUST WAITING UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND THEN THE NATIONAL ELECTION, A COUNCIL INDICATING THAT ONE, I DEFINITELY NOT.

SO I WAS.

THAT THE LEAVE.

THE HAPPENING.

I THINK COMMUNITIES SO ON, IN MY OPINION, YOU MAY GET IT.

OF COURSE, SOMETHING SINCE THE SUDDEN THIS HOPING TO BE CELEBRATING THE FILING DATE AND IN TALKING ABOUT THERE WAS LIKE YOU MENTIONED, HOPE AND ANTICIPATION ARE LET'S AND MOWING THE LAWN.

SALAS OPPOSITION PARTY CANDIDATE.

WAS GOING TO EXACT.

HE WON EYES.

YOU SAY ONE RIGHT IN MY EYES.

YOU KNOW, I'M IN APRIL TO THE DATA THAT IS DONE.

YOU KNOW, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN THE PACIFIC IT IS NOT GOING TO HOME.

YOU KNOW, THE MINDING THE OF THE VOTING TALLIES, YOU KNOW, JUST TO RELEASED, BUT THE GOVERNMENT.

BUT I THINK THAT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF.

WANT KNOW THEY SENT THE IT KNOW THAT BEFORE.

AS YOU MENTIONED, IT WAS A REALLY EMOTIONAL ONE FOR IT WAS A EMOTIONAL.

IT WAS EMOTIONAL FOR MANY PEOPLE AND THAT THEY DO WANT TO BRING YOU AND MOVED TO THE U.S. FROM VENEZUELA 2017.

AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY PART OF THE RESISTANCE FORCES.

YES, AND AGAIN, SOME OF GOVERNMENT BEFORE THAT.

TELL ME WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A PROTESTER IN PART OF THOSE RALLIES THAT WE SEE IN THE VIDEOS.

YEAH, WE WE SHARE THE SAME FEELING THAT AGAINST WARMING.

WE WERE ICE OFFERING ALL KIND OF STUFF WHEN DOING OVER THERE BASICALLY WEAR A FACE IN DAY EVERY DAY WE WERE IN THE PROTESTS.

YOU SHOULD BE WE DON'T KNOW.

WE ARE GO BACK HOME WITH YOUR OUR LOVED ONES BECAUSE HE'S LIKE A ROLLING A DICE.

FUN.

THANK YOU.

GET CALLED WITH POLICE ARE OR I WAS INNOCENT.

OR SOMETHING TO GET TO BULLET.

ONLY WHAT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE IN CHARGE OF PROTECTING THE RALLIES.

YES.

SCHOOL WHERE LOT WHERE UP TO THE GAS MASK WHAT THE GLOVES TO PROTECT HAS SECONDS THAT THE HEEL FOR THE BOMBS THAT'S THAT'S WHAT MY WORK OVER THERE.

BUT WAS A FEELING LIKE FOR YOU THERE.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT NOW WITH, YOU KNOW SAID FEELING BECAUSE YOU ARE HOPING THAT THE STARTING OF THE OF THE ELECTION YOU CAN FEED THAT FINALLY GET IT AND BEES THAT GUY NIGHTMARE.

THAT'S THE SO NOW WE HAVE TO FOLLOWED A DAY THE LEAD OF R PRESSMAN.

YOU WOULD LIKE THE PRESIDENT LIKELY ON THE CHINA.

JUST BE PATIENTS AND WHAT I WANT TO BRING YOU IN A POSITION.

ALLEGED VOTING FLOODING, FRAUD AND CLAIMS THERE'S PROOF.

HOW ARE THEY GOING ABOUT FIGHTING THE RESULTS?

WOULD YOU SAY, OH, WELL, I THINK THEY HAVE RELEASED THE DATA THAT THEY HAVE FROM THEIR UP THE POLLS, WHICH CLEARLY CONTRADICT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS CLAIMING.

AND THERE'S DEFINITELY NEED 4 PRESSURE ON THE MADURO GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE THE ACTUAL NOT ONLY THAN THAT, NATIONAL VOTE TOTALS, BUT ALSO THE THE POLLING PLACE BY POLLING PLACE TOTAL SO THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND OTHER OBJECTIVE OBSERVERS CAN SAY, OK, LET'S SEE WHERE THE FRAUD IS, IF IT DOES EXIST.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT'S NECESSARY RIGHT NOW FOR THE RELEASE OF THAT DATA.

I I THINK I WAS STAFF UP AND TOLD THE PRESIDENT, THE NEIGHBORING PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA WHO URGED BRUTAL GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY TO RELEASE THOSE RESULTS.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, METRO HAS ALSO BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT HE OPPOSES WAR SANCTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES COLUMBIA BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THIS BECAUSE THERE'S HISTORY YOU NEED IT.

LATIN AMERICA OF THE UNITED STATES PRESSURING GOVERNMENTS WHEN IT DOESN'T LIKE THE RESULT.

AND THERE ARE SO MANY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET INTO ALL OF THEM.

BUT I THINK THEY'RE THEREFORE THERE THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SHOULD DEFINITELY THE MET IS WHEN GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE THE RESULTS, BUT NOT TO INCREASE BLOCKADE AND AND THE SANCTIONS THAT ONLY END UP HURTING MORE OF THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE.

AND AND I MY THING, WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT SAYING THEY DO WANT TO RELEASE THE RESULTS?

YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THAT SAYS?

DID YOU KNOW THAT BEHAVIOR?

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A FIGHT MANY, MANY IN MANY BEFORE.

YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO THE ELECTION.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE THING THAT WE NEED TO SAY HERE IS THAT WEEK.

VENEZUELA HAS IN SOME POINT IN LIFE AT THE ICON OF DEMOCRACY LET HIM MAKE WE WE REALLY THESE A SPIRIT OF OF BUT BEING A BABY PEACEFUL, A PUBLICATION AND WE DO SEE THE WAIT TO TAKE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY DON'T VOTE IS GOING TO BE THROUGH VOTE SO THEY CAN ONLY WE SEE NOW THAT EAST.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

AND MORE AND MORE.

YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU WANT SOME PEOPLE TO SAY.

YOU HAVE HAVE YOU EVER SEEN AT THE TABLE IS GOING TO BE I WOULD, YOU KNOW, WITH THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE.

BUT WITH THE PP, THE HOPE THAT THIS TOO, AND WE KEEP GOING TO THE POLLS CAST A VOTE.

I I WILL 10 TEEN IN BUT PRESSURE.

BUT THAT IS THE IS MEANT WHAT?

THAT'S MY THING.

I THINK HAD THESE IS THE SOMETHING HE'S BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.

MY OUT ON THEIR TEAM MAY BE WORKING FOR A LONG ABOUT THE STYLE SECTION.

WASTE RIGHT WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO THAT ROSS AND BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS.

SHE SAID THERE'S MARK.

YEAH, BECAUSE SHE ALREADY KNEW WHAT THEY WHEN PLANE FARE.

SO GOT A PLAN ABOUT PLAN.

I BELIEVE AT THIS TIME THEY WILL NEVER EXPECT THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE BECAUSE THE LAW SAYING WHEN THE WHEN WENT TO COLLECTIONS, THEY SAY I WANT WITH THESE THE AND THAT THAT WAS SOLD AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I SAID THAT WAS SOLD OUT THE LITTLE, SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY BASEBALL NOW, DAY PROCLAIMED BIKES, BABY ON THE NIGHT.

THEY SAY WE'VE GOT PROVE IT THAT WE ONE MORE DOUBLE PERCENTAGE OF THE PEOPLE, THE BOULDERS AND AND AND LIKE I SAID IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SAT, THE KNOW THAT THE THEY WON'T BECAUSE THEY ALL THIS THE FACTS.

AND RIGHT NOW NEW SEE SOME VIDEOS WE DO PAPERWORK ON.

THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THESE THAT THESE THEM ON THE BOAT.

WE GOT TONIGHT, HEARTENING TO BEING RESPECTED THAT IS GOING RESPECT YOU SEE LATE TONIGHT IS THEY FOUND IT.

I DON'T THINK THE GOVERNMENT THEY WOULD EXPECTING CONTINUES YOU KNOW, PROTECT YOU FROM PEOPLE FROM THE STORK.

YEAH.

THAT WAS JOE.

THE WIP COMING FROM THE PLACES USED TO LEAVE BEFORE THAT WILL COME FROM BABY BEFORE KNOWS HE WOULD COME, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT JOB.

AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU SEE IN THE STREETS AND THAT SOMETHING THAT MICHAEL RIGHT BECAUSE I WOULD QUESTION FIRST OF ALL, THERE HAVE BEEN REPEATED PROTESTS NOW FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.

IT'S NOT AS IF YOU KNOW THAT WHAT THE WEDDING BUT PROTEST 2004 THAT WITH WHAT HUMAN RIGHTS OF 2014, THAT WAS THE THIS TO SOUND FROM 2 COUP AGAINST CHAVEZ WHO WAS A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT.

AND YET THE UNITED STATES BACKED THAT AND UNTIL THE PEOPLE BEAT IT BACK.

SO THERE HAS BEEN CLASS STRIFE IN VENEZUELA NOW FORWARD FOR 2 DECADES, MORE THAN 2 DECADES.

AND IT'S JUST A QUESTION THAT THAT THIS MOST LATEST ELECTION BECAUSE REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO, GUAIDO DECLARED HIMSELF PRESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES, WHOLE BUNCH OF COUNTRIES BACK DIDN'T HURT AND NONE OF THE FRONT BECAUSE OF WAY, THOUGH, AS A AFTER THAT NATIONAL ME SOME SOME PEOPLE EVERY AND MAKE THE 4 FROM THE PEOPLE.

AND NOW YOU CHANGE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PROVE THAT WE ARE.

I GO TO 2 OF WE'VE GOT MORE 70% OF THE POPULATION THERE WANTING FOR A CHANGE.

I STAND FOR A CHANGE BECAUSE WE DECIDE CHANGE WHEN BEING STRUGGLING FOR SO LONG.

AND NOW WE HAVE TO PROVE WE WE NEED TO CHANGE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STARVING.

PEOPLE LOSING THEIR LIFE.

IS THAT WHY YOU YOU ENROLLED?

WOULD YOU SAY?

YOU ENROLL WHEN YOU ARE AND THE RESISTANCE?

YEAH, BECAUSE WE WERE LIKE WITH THE 7.

YOU KNOW, WE WE NEED BETTER LEADERS THAT THEY COME HERE.

THE PEOPLE NEED KNOW?

AND WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE SECONDS.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SANTA.

WE NEED TO PATIENT?

YOU KNOW THIS, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TO ORDER SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.

YOU IN 2 OR 3 DAYS.

BUT TO WEEK, I THINK THE HE STORIES