USA, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Guatemala and Costa Rica. They ignored the re-election of Nicolás Maduro to a new presidential term, proclaimed on Sunday evening by the National Electoral Council (CNE), with 51.2% of the vote for the current ruler compared to 44.2% for opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia.
From Tokyo, US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken expressed ‘grave concerns’ about the credibility of results announced by Venezuela’s electoral commission, which declared Nicolás Maduro the winner. Blinken questioned the legitimacy of the process and whether it reflected the “will” of voters.
Through her social media account, X Miley posted: “The data shows an overwhelming victory for the opposition and the world waits for him to admit his defeat after many years of socialism, suffering, decline and death.”
Likewise, the President of Chile, Gabriel Borich spoke out against the results, calling them “hard to believe.” Borich said early Monday that his country would not recognize “any result that cannot be verified.”
On his X account, Boric wrote: “The Maduro regime must understand that the results it publishes are hard to believe. The international community and above all the Venezuelan people, including millions of Venezuelans in exile, We demand full transparency of the protocols and process. and that international observers, not affiliated with the government, are responsible for the credibility of the results.”
Meanwhile, the President of Costa Rica Rodrigo Chavez Robles, made a strong and clear statement, calling Maduro’s statement “fraudulent”. In an official statement, Chavez Robles said: “The government of Costa Rica categorically rejects the proclamation of Nicolás Maduro as president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which we consider fraudulent.”
While the Colombian government has called for a full vote count in Venezuela’s presidential elections to begin “as soon as possible,” as well as their “independent verification and audit.”
Meanwhile, the former president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos said the results were “not credible” and “cannot be accepted until they are fully transparent and approved by observers and analysts who are not loyal to the regime.” “The democratic world must demonstrate the defense of democracy,” he said on his X account.
For the European Union, the High Representative of the Twenty-Seven Countries for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell said it was “vital to ensure full transparency in the electoral process, including detailed vote counting and access to voting records at polling stations.”
Pictured: Josep Borrell. Photo: Reuters Archive
For Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albarez, it is also important. that the democratic will of Venezuela will be respected with “the presentation of protocols from all polling stations to ensure fully verifiable results.”
“I have many doubts about the normal development of elections in Venezuela.We request verifiable results and access to the protocol.“Does the result of Maduro’s victory declaration really reflect the will of the people?” Italian Vice President Antonio Tajani wrote in a post on social media.
Unlike the previous ones, Bolivian President Luis Arce Congratulates Nicolas Maduro for the election results, stressing the importance of the date as it coincides with the anniversary of the birth of the late leader Hugo Chavez seventy years ago.
On your social network account“The will of the Venezuelan people was respected in the elections.”
President of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel also expressed his “affectionate congratulations” Maduro called the election victory a “triumph of dignity.”
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In his message to X, Diaz-Canel said: “Today, the dignity and courage of the Venezuelan people have triumphed. about pressure and manipulation.” He also reaffirmed Cuba’s commitment to the Bolivarian and Chavista Revolution.
President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega and his wife and vice president Rosario Murillo. They also congratulated Nicolás Maduro on his re-election.
In a letter published shortly after the first CNE bulletin, Ortega and Murillo wrote: “Dear comrade and brother Nicolas, In full revolutionary and evolutionary brotherhood from this blessed and ever free Nicaragua.our usual embrace, greeting the great victory what this heroic people presents to the eternal commander (Hugo Chavez) on his birthday.”
On the other hand, governments of countries China, Russia and Iran also congratulated the Venezuelan leader. while European leaders and other Western countries called for transparency in the vote count.
“I would like to once again declare our readiness to continue our constructive work on the current bilateral and international agenda. “Remember that you are always welcome on Russian soil,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin. when congratulating Maduro.
On the same line China congratulates South American country on ‘successful celebration’ elections and current President Nicolas Maduro for his re-election after the National Electoral Council (CNE) of the Caribbean country declared his victory in the elections held this Sunday.
As in the case of Russia, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian recalled that China and Venezuela are “good friends and partners who support each other.”
“We congratulate the people and government of Venezuela on successful celebration of the presidential elections in this country“and also the elected president of the Venezuelan people,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said on his X account.
Leader of the opposition Maria Corina Machado He claims that the “newly elected president” of Venezuela is former ambassador González Urrutia, the candidate of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), the main opposition bloc.
In the case of Mexico, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Alicia Bárcena assured that she remains “attentive to the results of the elections in Venezuela.”
This is stated in a short message on his account on the social network X, in which He sent “hugs” with “love and affection” without specifying the recipient(s).
(according to information from EFE And Aristegui News)