2024-08-02 16:15:47
The tension for the Venezuela elections 2024 continue; now The United States declared Edmundo Gonzalez the winneropposition candidate.
It should be remembered that on July 28th the Venezuela elections 2024where preliminary results indicated the possible triumph of Edmundo González.
However, the first results gave a complete turnaround and the Electoral Council of Venezuela confirmed that Nicolás Maduro won the election with 51.2% of the votes compared to 44.2% obtained by the opposition candidate.
With this verdict, Nicolás Maduro would be re-elected for a third time for a new period of 6 yearswho has been president of Venezuela since 2013.
These first results have been strongly criticized worldwide, where countries such as Mexico, Brazil and Colombia support Nicolás Maduro, while Argentina, USA and more, they do not recognize re-election.
United States declares Edmundo Gonzalez winner of Venezuela’s 2024 elections
Through a statement from the State Department of USAthe North American country He rejected the results of the 2024 Venezuelan elections which made Nicolás Maduro the winner.
USA He said the processing of votes by Venezuela’s National Electoral Council, controlled by Nicolás Maduro, was “deeply flawed,” leading to a announced result “that does not represent the will of the Venezuelan people.”
“The CNE’s hasty declaration that Nicolás Maduro was the winner of the presidential elections was not supported by evidence. The CNE has still not published the disaggregated data or any of the vote counting records, despite repeated calls from Venezuelans and the international community to do so.”
United States Department of State
He reported that the democratic opposition has published more than 80% of the captured minutes indicating that Edmundo Gonzalez was the winner of the Venezuelan elections 2024.
“Independent observers have corroborated these facts, and this result was also supported by exit polls and quick counts on Election Day (…) it is clear to the United States and, more importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo González Urrutia won the majority of the vote in Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election.”
United States Department of State
Just yesterday, July 31, the person in charge of the United States Department of State for Latin America, Brian Nichols, confirmed that there was “irrefutable evidence” in the voting records that Edmundo González was the winner.
“Edmundo González defeated Nicolás Maduro by millions of votes,” he reiterated before the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS).
“Even if (Nicolás) Maduro wins 100% of the votes in the less than 20% of the minutes that remain to be published, he would not be able to surpass (Edmundo) González.”
Brian Nichols
Mexico, Brazil and Colombia call on political actors to act with caution and restraint regarding the 2024 Venezuelan elections
A couple of hours before the verdict of The United States declared Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner of the Venezuela elections 2024, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia issued a joint statement.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) shared the message in which the three Latin American countries expressed their solidarity with the Venezuelan people.
However, they asked the electoral authorities of Venezuela to move forward “expeditiously and make public the data broken down by voting table.”
Mexico, Brazil and Colombia have also called on political and social actors to act and demonstrate with the utmost caution and restraint to avoid violent episodes.
“Maintaining social peace and protecting human lives must be the priority concerns at this time.”
Mexico, Brazil and Colombia
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