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Venezuela

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 21:26 UTC

    Probe launched into Machado's alleged involvement in system hacking

    Saab said Machado, Leopoldo López, and Lester Toledo had been involved in the cyberattack staged from North Macedonia

    Venezuela's Chief Prosecutor Tarek William Saab announced Monday that an inquiry had been launched into opposition leader María Corina Machado's alleged involvement in the hacking of the National Electoral Council's (CNE) data transmission system from North Macedonia during Sunday's elections.

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Venezuelan authorities claim Maduro was reelected

    Amoroso announced what many foresaw as the only possible outcome given the many restrictions on foreign observers and other measures in the same directions

    Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced in the wee hours of Monday that President Nicolás Maduro Moros had been ratified for another six years in office. However, the main opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia posted on X that “the results are undeniable” because “the country chose a peaceful change.”

  • 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.

  • Sunday, July 28th 2024 - 12:16 UTC

    Venezuela votes: A Nation at a crossroads after 25 Years of Chavismo

    Nicolás Maduro and Edmundo González Urrutia, main candidates

    Venezuelans are heading to the polls today in a highly anticipated presidential election that could end a quarter-century of Chavismo. The nation faces a crucial decision between maintaining the current government under President Nicolás Maduro or opting for change led by opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, supported by political leader Maria Corina Machado.

  • Friday, July 26th 2024 - 20:00 UTC

    Lacalle Pou stands by Machado ahead of Sunday's elections

    Lacalle praised the courage of the Venezuelan people in this hour

    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.

  • Friday, July 26th 2024 - 10:53 UTC

    Maduro's “bloodbath” message turns leftwing governments against him

    Lula, Boric, and Petro insist Maduro needs to accept the outcome of Sunday's elections

    Leftwing governments in South America seem to have turned their backs on Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro after he forecasted last week that his country would be heading for a bloodbath if he failed to win Sunday's presidential elections.

  • Friday, July 26th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

    Washington gives Indian refiners the nod to buy Venezuelan crude

    Indian refiners were purchasing Venezuelan crude through intermediaries until last month

    Major refiners Reliance Industries of India announced it would soon be purchasing crude from Venezuela once again after getting the nod from Washington DC, which would represent an easing of the current sanctions against the South American country.

  • Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 20:56 UTC

    Venezuela: Foreign press accused of dirty campaign to cry “foul”

    Amoroso is the official entrusted with announcing the elections' outcome

    While Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) Chairman Elvis Amoroso denounced that Western media outlets were behind a campaign seeking to taint next Sunday's presidential elections, Argentine reporter Jorge Pizarro of Buenos Aires' Radio Rivadavia was denied access into the country upon landing at Caracas' Simón Bolívar International Airport, from where he was deported via Panama after over six hours in detention.

  • Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 20:58 UTC

    Caracas withdraws invitation to Alberto Fernández as electoral observer

    Fernández's words that whoever wins the elections in Venezuela should become the next president were not what Maduro's regime wanted to hear

    Former Argentine President Alberto Fernández (2019-2023) announced Wednesday that he would not travel to Venezuela as a foreign observer to the South American country's July 28 elections after the Government of President Nicolás Maduro had second thoughts.