The local election victories are significant symbolic triumphs for Venezuela 's opposition . Patricia Gutierrez de Lara says the votes were sentences of justice and freedom . Her husband was arrested after authorities said he failed to stop anti - government protests . ` ` The people will remain peacefully in the streets , '' Rosa ##lia de Scarano said .
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 . Her husband was arrested after authorities said he failed to stop anti-government protests . `` The people will remain peacefully in the streets , '' Rosa Brandonisio de Scarano says .