Venezuelan protesters seize a tank, the country is in the midst of popular uprising

Venezuela is gripped by protests after dictator Nicolas Madura rigged elections.

Statues of former president Hugo Chavez are being vandalised across the country. Protesters burned down the office of the mayor of one city and the regional electoral commission. In one city, according to the video, protesters seized a tank.

Recall, protesters have taken to the streets again in Venezuela as opposition leaders are disputing the results of a weekend election that saw President Nicolas Maduro secure another term in power. A large crowd, many waving Venezuelan flags, chanted: “We are not afraid!”

Opposition protesters also marched in the cities of Valencia, Maracay, San Cristobal, Maracaibo and Barquisimeto

The demonstrations come a day after Venezuela’s National Electoral Council formally confirmed that Maduro had been re-elected by a majority of Venezuelans to another six-year term as president “for the period 2025-2031”.

That announcement fuelled widespread anger and pushed thousands of Venezuelans to take to the streets of several neighbourhoods in Caracas and elsewhere to voice their opposition to Maduro and his government. They were met by tear gas and rubber bullets fired by police. A local monitoring group, the Venezuelan Conflict Observatory, said it had registered 187 protests in 20 states by Monday evening with “numerous acts of repression and violence” carried out by paramilitary groups and security forces. At least 11 people had been killed in incidents related to the election count or the protests, rights group Foro Penal said.