03:05Thousands of protesters joined opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on Wednesday, a month after he was declared winner of the presidential election.
Footage shows Machado greeting her supporters gathered on a square and singing the national anthem. Protesters can be seen holding Venezuelan flags and banners with slogans such as 'Free all political prisoners' and 'We fight for salary, democracy and freedom'.
Machado backed opposition candidate Eduardo Gonzalez in the election, after being banned herself amid corruption allegations which she denied.
In her address to participants, Machado accused President Maduro of detaining 'more than 2,500 people' and 'state terrorism' following the vote.
"What they have done is brutal," she alleged.
Protesters also accused the election council and judges of unfairly favouring the president in the recent vote.
"Supreme Tribunal of Justice a Chavista militant, National Electoral Council a Chavista militant, so what do you expect, support from them? There can be no support from them. What we have to do is to move forward. Continue in the streets. To continue in the streets, and I repeat: this is until the end," protester Jose Carlo claimed.
Protests and celebrations alike followed Maduro's victory in July's presidential election. Maduro claimed that his opponents were intent on instigating a 'colour revolution' and suggested that the United States was complicit. He urged Gonzalez and Machado to go to the prosecutor's office 'and show their faces' if they had any valid claims, following their repeated refusal to accept the results.
The National Electoral Council declared Maduro had won a third term with 51 percent of the vote, which the Supreme Court later confirmed as 'unobjectionable'.
Russia, China, and others congratulated Maduro, while the US said it had 'serious concerns' about the vote. The opposition claimed it won with more than 70 per cent of the votes cast, although it did not provide any evidence.
Maduro has been in power since 2013, while his United Socialist Party of Venezuela has governed the country since 2007. Around 17 million people were eligible to vote.
'Until the end!' - Thousands join opposition leader Machado as protesters refuse to accept Maduro's victory
Thousands of protesters joined opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on Wednesday, a month after he was declared winner of the presidential election.
Footage shows Machado greeting her supporters gathered on a square and singing the national anthem. Protesters can be seen holding Venezuelan flags and banners with slogans such as 'Free all political prisoners' and 'We fight for salary, democracy and freedom'.
Machado backed opposition candidate Eduardo Gonzalez in the election, after being banned herself amid corruption allegations which she denied.
In her address to participants, Machado accused President Maduro of detaining 'more than 2,500 people' and 'state terrorism' following the vote.
"What they have done is brutal," she alleged.
Protesters also accused the election council and judges of unfairly favouring the president in the recent vote.
"Supreme Tribunal of Justice a Chavista militant, National Electoral Council a Chavista militant, so what do you expect, support from them? There can be no support from them. What we have to do is to move forward. Continue in the streets. To continue in the streets, and I repeat: this is until the end," protester Jose Carlo claimed.
Protests and celebrations alike followed Maduro's victory in July's presidential election. Maduro claimed that his opponents were intent on instigating a 'colour revolution' and suggested that the United States was complicit. He urged Gonzalez and Machado to go to the prosecutor's office 'and show their faces' if they had any valid claims, following their repeated refusal to accept the results.
The National Electoral Council declared Maduro had won a third term with 51 percent of the vote, which the Supreme Court later confirmed as 'unobjectionable'.
Russia, China, and others congratulated Maduro, while the US said it had 'serious concerns' about the vote. The opposition claimed it won with more than 70 per cent of the votes cast, although it did not provide any evidence.
Maduro has been in power since 2013, while his United Socialist Party of Venezuela has governed the country since 2007. Around 17 million people were eligible to vote.
Thousands of protesters joined opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on Wednesday, a month after he was declared winner of the presidential election.
Footage shows Machado greeting her supporters gathered on a square and singing the national anthem. Protesters can be seen holding Venezuelan flags and banners with slogans such as 'Free all political prisoners' and 'We fight for salary, democracy and freedom'.
Machado backed opposition candidate Eduardo Gonzalez in the election, after being banned herself amid corruption allegations which she denied.
In her address to participants, Machado accused President Maduro of detaining 'more than 2,500 people' and 'state terrorism' following the vote.
"What they have done is brutal," she alleged.
Protesters also accused the election council and judges of unfairly favouring the president in the recent vote.
"Supreme Tribunal of Justice a Chavista militant, National Electoral Council a Chavista militant, so what do you expect, support from them? There can be no support from them. What we have to do is to move forward. Continue in the streets. To continue in the streets, and I repeat: this is until the end," protester Jose Carlo claimed.
Protests and celebrations alike followed Maduro's victory in July's presidential election. Maduro claimed that his opponents were intent on instigating a 'colour revolution' and suggested that the United States was complicit. He urged Gonzalez and Machado to go to the prosecutor's office 'and show their faces' if they had any valid claims, following their repeated refusal to accept the results.
The National Electoral Council declared Maduro had won a third term with 51 percent of the vote, which the Supreme Court later confirmed as 'unobjectionable'.
Russia, China, and others congratulated Maduro, while the US said it had 'serious concerns' about the vote. The opposition claimed it won with more than 70 per cent of the votes cast, although it did not provide any evidence.
Maduro has been in power since 2013, while his United Socialist Party of Venezuela has governed the country since 2007. Around 17 million people were eligible to vote.