Caracas, August 9 (RHC)-- More than 300 prominent intellectuals, writers, journalists, political leaders and activists rejected the fascist coup in Venezuela and ratified the electoral victory of President Nicolas Maduro.

In an open letter, intellectuals condemned the acts of violence and media manipulations against Nicolas Maduro, pointing out that “the destabilizing operation of imperialism (…) was designed and carried out before, during and after the elections.”

“The acts of violence and vandalism that were seen on television and social media show that the accusations of fraud against the government of Maduro and the National Electoral Council are only the surface of a vast destabilizing plan that ultimately justify even foreign military intervention,” said the letter.

The signatories also assured that the democratic forces of the region and Latin American intellectuals must: “denounce, repudiate and strongly reject the attempted coup d’état against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela”.

The signatories wished “PEACE AND DEMOCRACY FOR THE NOBLE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE, PUNISHMENT TO THE COUP LEADERS.”

Among the signatories are Evo Morales, former president of Bolivia; Argentina’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel; Manuel Zelaya, former president of Honduras; Abel Prieto Jiménez, writer, former Minister of Culture of Cuba and President of the Casa de las Americas; and the daughter of the Heroic Guerrilla Fighter, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Aleida Guevara March, among hundreds of others.