Tag: Venezuelan elections 2024

• Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 22:16 UTC

  Peru's gov't recognizes González Urrutia as winner of Venezuelan elections

  

  The Peruvian government of President Dina Boluarte Tuesday recognized opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate president-elect of Venezuela, despite the announcement by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Sunday in Caracas that Nicolás Maduro had been voted by 51.2% of the people for the 2025-2031 term against 44.2% for the challenger. “Clearly Edmundo Gonzalez is the elected president of Venezuela; this position is shared by numerous countries, governments, and international organizations,” said Foreign Minister Javier Gonzalez Olaechea.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 19:31 UTC

  OAS report says Venezuela's elections results untrustworthy given CNE bias

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's reelection is not to be taken at face value, according to the Organization of American States (OAS). The continental entity's election observation department found on Tuesday that the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas is known to be pro-government biased.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

  Guterres urges Venezuelan authorities to be transparent regarding elections results

  

  United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres urged the Venezuelan Government of President Nicolás Maduro to show “full transparency” regarding the outcome of Sunday's elections and “publish in due time the results and the breakdown by polling stations.”

• Monday, July 29th 2024 - 22:41 UTC

  Venezuelan elections impact felt all across the Americas

  

  Sunday's elections in Venezuela are rapidly shedding their consequences in other parts of the Americas as reactions from leaders everywhere shape up the geopolitical landscape for the months to come.

• Monday, July 29th 2024 - 22:03 UTC

  Lula's gov't not congratulating Maduro for now

  

  While many governments in the region said they were doubting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's reelection on Sunday, the Brazilian administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reaffirmed the fundamental principle of popular sovereignty and said it would wait for the release of all the minutes before congratulations are in order, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Friday, July 26th 2024 - 20:00 UTC

  Lacalle Pou stands by Machado ahead of Sunday's elections

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou held a conversation with Venezuelan leader María Corina Machado in the hours leading to Sunday's presidential elections that could bring Nicolás Maduro's regime to an end.