Three months have passed since he recorded the tally sheets of his polling station for Venezuela's July 28 elections, but Jose "is still afraid" of being persecuted after the Venezuelan military pointed grenade launchers at him. Despite the threats, he does not intend to leave politics: "This struggle can only be won through fighting", says. He was a member of the 'comanditos' who documented the tally sheets released by the opposition, claiming they showed a landslide victory for Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. "This tally sheet was not made by me at home; it was issued by the supposedly protected system of the National Electoral Council," says the 61-year-old man, whose name has been changed for security reasons. SOUNDBITES