2024-08-07 22:33:40
Chile said on Wednesday that it has no doubt that the government of President Nicolás Maduro “has tried to commit fraud” in the July 28 elections in Venezuela, while Argentina revealed that the winner is the opposition representative Edmundo González.
“I personally, and this is the position of the Chilean government, I have no doubt that the Maduro government has tried to deceive,” Chilean President Gabriel Boric said in a press conference at the presidential palace of La Moneda in the progress of criticism after the council. elections in Venezuela.
Leftist Boric was one of the first to demand that the Venezuelan electoral authorities declare Maduro the winner of the elections and demanded from the beginning that access to the records with the votes be made clear, as many actors inside and outside the country have ask. South America.
He added that “if they had won, they would have shown the minutes clearly.”
Meanwhile, the Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement that “it has been concluded that the undisputed winner of the presidential election held in Venezuela on July 28 is Edmundo González” and urged the Maduro government to respect the will of it’s popular.
It also condemned the formulation of criminal charges against González and opposition leader María Corina Machado, as well as the “arbitrary detention” of dissidents and journalists, and demanded that the government respect the immunity of the Argentine embassy in Caracas – where there are many Venezuelan dissidents. shelter in custody of Brazil—restoring cut-off electrical power.
Argentina’s far-right president Javier Milei has been one of the most vocal critics of the leftist Venezuelan president.
The Venezuelan National Electoral Commission (CNE) declared Maduro the winner and that he had received 6.4 million votes against the opposition candidate Edmundo González, who according to the official electoral body received 5.3 million.
However, González and Machado have said they have copies of more than 80% of the tally books issued by the electronic voting machines after the polls were completed and declared Maduro victorious.
In an analysis conducted by The Associated Press of nearly 24,000 images of voting records, which represent the results of 79% of voting machines, it was found that González received 6.89 million votes, almost half a million more than the organization polls said Maduro won.
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