China, Russia, Iran, Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua and Honduras recognize Maduro’s victory
▲ Armed Venezuelan opposition members demonstrated yesterday in Caracas. Police reported that 23 officers were injured in clashes with the protesters.Photo Ap
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The newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, July 30, 2024, p. 22
Caracas. China, Russia, Iran, Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua and Honduras yesterday recognized the electoral victory of Nicolás Maduro, in contrast to the flood of nations that, without proof of fraud, demanded a recount of the votes.
For now, Venezuela decided to withdraw all its diplomatic personnel from the missions in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay, hours after these countries demanded the complete review of the results of the elections with the presence of independent observers.
The United States, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, as well as the European Union and the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, joined this demand. The latter also congratulated the Venezuelan people. for their determination to peacefully express their will through the ballot box.
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Maduro by telephone, as did his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel, who described the re-election of the Bolivarian leader as historic triumph.
The Bolivian ruler, Luis Arce, joined in the congratulations and on his X account reaffirmed the integration of both countries; on that same social network, the Honduran president, Xiomara Castro, described brave to the Venezuelan people for His unquestionable victory, which reaffirms his sovereignty and the historical legacy of the eternal commander of the Bolivarian revolution, Hugo Chávez.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry congratulated the people of Venezuela and Maduro for their successful re-election.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed his serious concern for the result and asked for a recount fair and transparent of votes.
Democratic U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro, member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, and Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, said: We are concerned by Maduro’s claim that he won the presidential election in Venezuela, despite evidence to the contrary. Every vote must be counted and verified. This is a critical moment for democracy in Venezuela and around the world.The document states that the Venezuelan government and military must respect the will of the voters and the electoral processand calls for the publication of election results complete and detailed.
Elon Musk… you went off the deep endaccuses the Bolivarian
Maduro demanded that billionaire Elon Musk respect Venezuela, after the tycoon questioned the elections and made comments about alleged fraud, after publishing X images on his social network about an alleged theft of boxes with CNE votes.
“Elon Musk: You are desperate, you have gone too far (…) Do you want to fight? Let’s go for it, Elon Musk, I am ready, I am not afraid of you, if you want, I want to, but Venezuela must be respected.”
The Carter Center, a non-profit American organization whose objectives include promoting democracy, participated with a technical mission in the Venezuelan elections and requested the immediate publication of the voting records in order to evaluate the announced results.
Argentine President Javier Milei has warned that his government “will not acknowledge another fraud, and expects the (Venezuelan) armed forces to defend democracy and the popular will this time.”
Not that way!wrote Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle in X. “It was an open secret. They were going to ‘win’ regardless of the actual results.”
His Chilean counterpart, Gabriel Boric, reiterated: We will not recognize any results that are not verifiable. The Maduro regime must understand that the results it publishes are difficult to believe..
Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González condemned the sum of irregularities with the intention of fraud committed by the Venezuelan government.
Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo stated: We consider it essential that the voices of all sectors are heard. It is important to clear up any doubts about the results.
In addition to the vote count, Paraguay, Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay announced that they will request the intervention of the Organization of American States, after the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Nicolás Maduro the winner of the presidential election, amid allegations of fraud.
Our governments will request an urgent meeting to issue a resolution that safeguards the popular will, framed in the Democratic Charter and the fundamental principles of democracy in our region.the nine countries said in a statement.
Bernardo Arévalo, president of Guatemala, said that they received the results announced by the CNE with many doubts; that is why the reports of the electoral observation missions are essential.
Brazil calls for caution
Celso Amorim, advisor for International Affairs to the Brazilian president, who participated as an observer in the Venezuelan electoral process, mentioned that he cannot go around saying that It was a fraud or everything is greatand added: “The main fact that leads us to be cautious is that they did not give the public results table by table, because the government has given a number until now, but it has to show how it arrived at that number: minute by minute.
I am not one of those who accept everything that is said, but I am not going to say that it was a fraud either. It is a complex situation and we want a peaceful democratic regime for Venezuela.
The Brazilian Foreign Ministry requested a international verification of results.
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, considered that the Venezuelan elections were a fraudand stated that he would resume diplomatic relations with that country – broken four years ago – when its people can choose their leaders in real elections
