Demonstrators are protesting against Maduro’s claims that he won Venezuela’s presidential election in July

Small groups of opposition protesters gathered in Venezuela on Saturday, along with supporters outside the country, marking the second month since the country’s disputed election, which President Nicolas Maduro reportedly won.

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who went into hiding after denouncing the announced results as fraudulent, called for smaller gatherings to avoid security measures like previous protests.

About 30 people shouted slogans in a square in Caracas, including Leida Brito, known as the “Red Helmet Grandmother” for her years of anti-government activities.

“Nicolas Maduro should go because he lost,” she said, holding a sign that read: “Defending the vote is a right.”

“Venezuelan’s freedom is in danger,” Hidalgo Valero, a retired colonel, told AFP. “Today our people are afraid to go out on the streets because there is enormous repression.”

Machado addressed supporters in a voice note released by her team: “Here we remain steadfast and move forward every day with more strength and enthusiasm, gathered here than the brave and good Venezuela.”

Since the controversial poll, dozens of opposition leaders have been arrested, along with more than 2,400 other Venezuelans facing terrorism charges for allegedly taking part in protests.

27 people were killed in the post-election clashes.

The opposition says its candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, won the July 28 election with 67% of the vote and publishes its own tally of polling station results.

However, Maduro was declared the winner with 52% of the vote by the pro-government National Electoral Council, which has not yet released detailed voting results as required by law.

Gonzalez Urrutia, a 75-year-old retired diplomat, left Venezuela this month to seek asylum in Spain after weeks in hiding.

Larger protests also took place outside Venezuela, including in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Panama City and Montevideo. In Madrid, Gonzalez Urrutia greeted supporters waving the Venezuelan flag.

Meanwhile, hundreds of Maduro supporters marched in Caracas to declare the election victory.

Maduro told the crowd that the “supposed queen bee” – in reference to Machado – “is starting to pack her Gucci bags… she too is preparing to leave.”

“We are not in Madrid, we are not hiding, we are on the streets,” he explained.

On Thursday, about 30 countries, led by the United States and Argentina, called on Maduro to engage in dialogue with the opposition.

In a joint statement, the countries called for “constructive and inclusive discussions” on a democratic transition and the immediate release of Venezuelans detained after the election.