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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 15:32 UTC

Tag: Venezuela Elections

  • Monday, August 5th 2024 - 08:52 UTC

    Lula lands in Chile to boost bilateral ties

    Lula was welcomed by Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren

    The Brazillian Air Force (FAB) jet carrying President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva landed in Santiago Sunday evening. The visiting head of state was welcomed by Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren ahead of Monday's meeting with his Chilean colleague Gabriel Boric Font.

  • Saturday, August 3rd 2024 - 09:45 UTC

    Montevideo says González Urrutia won but still not president-elect

    Appointing the president-elect “is a formal process that has not yet taken place,” Paganini explained

    Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini said Friday that there was an “overwhelming amount of information” whereby opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia may be considered the winner of Sunday's elections. However, Montevideo could not recognize him as president-elect because that legal procedure was up to the Venezuelan authorities.

  • Thursday, August 1st 2024 - 10:06 UTC

    Musk agrees to fight Maduro “mano a mano”

    I'll take you on your ride to Mars offer “but you're coming with me,” Maduro said

    Tycoon Elon Musk Wednesday accepted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's challenge to engage in a fistfight. “If I win, he resigns as dictator of Venezuela,” the Tesla CEO said in his reply. If defeated, Musk -whose company SpaceX has launched numerous satellites into orbit- also offered to give Maduro a free ride to Mars.

  • Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Maduro's regime leaves Argentine Embassy powerless

    “We hold the regime responsible for the siege of this diplomatic headquarters, violating international law and the Caracas convention,” asylum seeker Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli wrote on X

    Venezuelan authorities left Argentina's Embassy in Caracas with no electricity supply Tuesday as diplomatic ties between the two countries came to a technical rift while the fate of opposition leaders Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli, Magalí Meda, Claudia Macero, Humberto Villalobos, Facundo Martínez Mottola, and Omar González, who had been granted asylum and were housed there pending a safe passage to the airport that never came was still in doubt.

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 21:42 UTC

    María Corina Machado's arrest ordered, Venezuelan opposition warns

    The political climate in Venezuela has grown increasingly volatile following the contested election results

    The Venezuelan government under President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the arrest of opposition leader María Corina Machado, a prominent figure in the Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD). This move, denounced by leaders within PUD, comes amid a turbulent post-election period marked by accusations of irregularities and widespread unrest.

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 10:56 UTC

    Angered Venezuelans take to the streets to protest against Sunday's alleged fraud

    Maduro said a coup d'état was in the making

    Venezuelans took to the streets Monday bringing down four statues of former Bolivarian leader Hugo Chávez Frías and storming key places nationwide in an apparent drive to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro, who they claimed, had won Sunday's elections through fraud.

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 09:23 UTC

    Lula would negotiate with Gustavo Petro to demand transparency in Venezuela's Elections

    A Brazilian government official highlighted Lula's frustration with Maduro's failure to uphold promises of transparency

    In response to the controversial presidential elections in Venezuela, which declared Nicolás Maduro the winner with 50.20% of the vote without transparency, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is negotiating a joint statement with Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. This statement would demand a transparent recount of the votes to ensure legitimacy and accuracy in the electoral process.

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 23:55 UTC

    Venezuela expels ambassadors from Chile, Uruguay, and other countries following election controversy

    Gil stated that Venezuela would withdraw its diplomatic personnel from these countries and demanded their representatives leave Venezuelan territory immediately.

    The regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has expelled ambassadors from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay. This move follows widespread international condemnation of the recent presidential election results, which declared Maduro the victor amidst allegations of significant irregularities.

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

    Boric says Maduro's victory in Venezuela's presidential election is hard “to believe”

    “The Maduro regime must understand that the results it publishes are hard to believe,” the leftist President stated

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric expressed serious doubts on Monday regarding the legitimacy of Venezuela's presidential election results, which declared incumbent President Nicolás Maduro the winner. Boric emphasized that his government would not recognize any outcome that could not be verified through transparent processes.

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    Maduro celebrates victory from Miraflores Palace

    Maduro demanded that the will of the Venezuelan people be respected

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro greeted his followers from Caracas' Miraflores Palace to celebrate victory after the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that he had defeated opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia. According to CNE Chairman Elvis Amoroso, Maduro collected 51.2% of the vote, against his rival's 44.2% with 80% of the vote counted.