The US supports Mexico, Brazil and Colombia in mediating for “revolution” in Venezuela

2024-08-07 00:25:19

The United States government for its Clear support for mediation led by Colombia, Brazil and Mexico to try to overcome the Venezuelan political crisis after the elections of last July 28.

The acting head of the State Department for Latin America, Mark Wells, said in a call with reporters that the US “is in favor of dialogue” on the aforementioned diplomatic initiative and assured that they maintain a “very close” coordination with these three governments. The diplomat insisted on demanding that Chavismo and the opposition negotiate a “democratic transition” and said the US is “focused on working with both parties” to achieve it.

However, when asked if the US is currently holding talks with Maduro officials, Wells declined to comment.

The National Electoral Commission (CNE) of Venezuela announced the victory of Nicolás Maduro in the elections without providing evidencewhen an objection is presented on a website thousands of electoral records that will give a strong victory to whoever upholds their standardEdmundo González Urrutia.

On August 1, the United States recognized the election victory of the opposition leader and gave credibility to the documents presented by the opposition. “The real result of the elections is clear and the world can see, Edmundo won a lot of votes,” Wells emphasized.

The Colombian Foreign Minister, Luis Gilberto Murillo, also explained this Wednesday that he hopes that in the coming weeks the group of three diplomatic countries will be able to “say the progress” that has been made.

In a joint statement, presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil), Gustavo Petro (Colombia) and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico) urged the CNE to make the election records public and to verify the results.

This Monday, the CNE submitted the audit minutes to the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), which will review the result by which Maduro was declared the winner.

Election Commission did not publish the minutes confirming Maduro’s victoryas indicated by the legal process, while the Democratic Unitary Platform, the main anti-Chavista Coalition, has said “81%” of these papers, which shows, according to the opposition, that González Urrutia received by a wide dream, which caused protests in the country that left at least 24 dead according to NGO reports and more than 2,000 prisoners.