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  • Monday, August 5th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Former Colombian President warns of plan to hold fresh elections in Venezuela

    “This plan must be avoided,” warned also Duque, who insisted González Urrutia had won on July 28

    Former Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez said Sunday on X that Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) was considering the possibility of annulling the July 28 elections reportedly won by incumbent President Nicolás Maduro given an alleged “cyberattack” that would have affected the integrity of the electoral data.

  • Monday, August 5th 2024 - 08:54 UTC

    EU cannot recognize Maduro's alleged victory

    “The European Union is gravely concerned about the increasing number of arbitrary arrests and the continued harassment of the opposition,” Brussels said in a statement

    The European Union (EU) pointed out Sunday that the results announced by Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) granting victory to the incumbent Nicolás Maduro “cannot be recognized” given the lack of documentation supporting it, due to which a “greater independent verification of the electoral records” was needed.

  • 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.

  • Sunday, August 4th 2024 - 21:03 UTC

    Maduro admits over 2,000 arrested in Venezuelan riots

    “Maximum punishment! Justice!” Maduro promised those he dubbed as “guarimberos” (violent protesters)

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro admitted that over 2,000 had been arrested as a result of the riots following the announcement that he had been reelected for the 2025-2031 term amid allegations from opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia and his supporters that they had garnered around 67% of the vote.

  • Saturday, August 3rd 2024 - 23:20 UTC

    CFK wants Caracas to release the minutes “for Chávez's legacy's sake”

    CFK said she was glad María Corina Machado had come out of hiding so quickly to stage Saturday's rally

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Saturday urged Venezuelan authorities to release the minutes of July 28's presidential elections for the sake of Hugo Chávez's legacy, thus joining the international community's pressure on Caracas to produce the evidence substantiating President Nicolás Maduro's alleged win.

  • Saturday, August 3rd 2024 - 22:44 UTC

    Thousands gather in Caracas to support Machado

    “Violence is pretending to bury the truth,” Machado insisted

    The streets of Caracas were packed Saturday with supporters of disenfranchised opposition leader María Corina Machado, who insisted that “the truth is in the minutes” in her possession which proved that Edmundo González Urrutia had defeated the incumbent Nicolás Maduro in last Sunday's elections.

  • 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.

  • Friday, August 2nd 2024 - 21:57 UTC

    González Urrutia thanks US for Blinken's acknowledgment

    María Corina Machado went into hiding in fear for her life

    Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia Friday thanked the US Government of President Joseph Biden for recognizing him as president-elect despite the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas granting victory to the incumbent Nicolás Maduro.

  • Friday, August 2nd 2024 - 21:26 UTC

    Argentine FM recognizes González Urrutia's win

    Despite Mondino's posting on X, Buenos Aires will postpone a statement until the safety of the asylum-seekers is secured

    Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino said opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia had won Sunday's presidential elections in Venezuela. “Without any doubt, he is the legitimate winner and President-elect,” she stressed on X in defiance of the National Electoral Council's (CNE) announcement in Caracas assuring the incumbent Nicolás Maduro had triumphed.

  • Friday, August 2nd 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    US says González Urrutia won the Venezuelan elections

    The State Secretary recalled that the results announced by the opposition would corroborate the exit polls and the conclusions of independent observers

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted Thursday that opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia had won Sunday's elections in Venezuela despite the National Electoral Council (CNE) announcing that the incumbent Nicolás Maduro had prevailed with 51.2% of the vote to 44.2%.