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The United States government on Tuesday expressed clear support for mediation by Colombia, Brazil and Mexico in an attempt to resolve the political crisis in Venezuela following the
The United States government on Tuesday expressed clear support for mediation by Colombia, Brazil and Mexico in an attempt to resolve the political crisis in Venezuela following the July 28 elections.
Acting State Department Secretary for Latin America Mark Wells told reporters that the United States is “in favor of dialogue” on the diplomatic initiative and assured that it maintains “very close” coordination with the three governments.
The diplomat insisted on asking Chavismo and the opposition to agree on a “transition to democracy” and said the United States was “focused on working with both sides” to achieve that.
However, when asked whether the United States is currently in talks with Maduro government officials, Wells declined to comment.
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) has declared Nicolás Maduro’s election victory without providing evidence, and the opposition has posted thousands of voting records on its website that would have given its standard-bearer Edmundo González Urrutia a landslide victory.
On August 1, the United States recognized the victory of the opposition leader in the elections and confirmed the authenticity of the documents presented by the opposition.
“The real result of the election is clear and the world can see it, Edmundo got the majority of votes,” Wells stressed.
Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo also said Wednesday that he hoped that in the coming weeks the three mediating countries would be able to “report on the progress they have made.”
In a joint statement, Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazil), Gustavo Petro (Colombia) and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico) called on the CNE to make the voting records public and verify the results.
This Monday, the CNE submitted the verification protocol to the Supreme Court (TSJ), which will review the result that declared Maduro the winner.
The electoral body has not released the protocols confirming Maduro’s victory, as required by law, while the Democratic Unitary Platform, the main anti-Chavista coalition, has released “81%” of those documents, which the opposition says show González Urrutia won by a landslide, sparking protests across the country that NGOs say have left at least 24 people dead and more than 2,000 detained.
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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