The local election victories are significant symbolic triumphs for Venezuela 's opposition . Patricia Gutierrez de Ceballos says the votes were sentences of justice and freedom . Rosa Brandonisio de Scarano , formerly a City Council member in San Diego , won nearly 88 % of votes in the mayoral election there Sunday , officials said . (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) `` The people will remain peacefully in the streets , '' Rosa Brandonisio de Scarano says .
The local election victories are significant symbolic triumphs for Venezuela 's opposition . Patricia Gutierrez de Ceballos says the votes were sentences of justice and freedom . (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) `` The people will remain peacefully in the streets , '' Rosa Brandonisio de Scarano says .