Venezuelan electoral authorities announced last Sunday night that with 80% of the votes counted, the winner was Nicolás Maduro with 51.2% of the votes and since then They have not provided full scrutiny, raising suspicions of fraud in the United States.which had shown caution until knowing the detailed data for each electoral table, which Caracas has not provided.
“Given the overwhelming evidenceit is clear to the United States, and especially to the Venezuelan people, that Edmundo González Urrutia won the majority of votes in Venezuela’s presidential elections on July 28,” Bliken said in a statement.
The United States called on the parties involved in the Venezuelan crisis to address a transition process that respects the desire for an electoral outcome and said that will support a process of “restoring democratic norms” In Venezuela.
At the beginning of the week The United States requested to see the minutes by table in order to make a decision and has been in contact with Brazil, something that crystallized in a call between the American president, Joe Biden, and the Brazilian, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to demand transparency and detailed results from the Maduro government.
Electoral data overwhelmingly demonstrate the will of the Venezuelan people: democratic opposition candidate @EdmundoGU won the most votes in Sunday’s election. Venezuelans have voted, and their votes must count.
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) August 2, 2024
This Thursday, Blinken announced that accepts the vote count presented by the opposition as validled by Maria Corina Machado, representing 80% of the polling stations and which show that González Urrutia “received the majority of votes by an insurmountable margin.”
Blinken recalled that the minutes were “received directly from the polling stations throughout Venezuela” and corroborate exit polls and the conclusions of independent observers and quick counts.
#LAST MINUTE | US concludes that Edmundo González Urrutia was the winner of the elections in Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/drSonpV0kW
— EFE News (@EFEnoticias) August 2, 2024
“Since Election Day, we have consulted intensively with partners and allies around the world, and while each country has taken different paths to respond, None have concluded that Nicolás Maduro has received the majority of votes“, concludes the head of American diplomacy.
Blinken recalled that the “rapid” declaration of the National Electoral Council (CNE) that gave victory to Maduro on Sunday “She came without any evidence to support her” and the agency “has not published disaggregated data and no minutes yet”despite international calls to do so.
The Secretary of State noted that the Carter Center’s observation mission “has stripped all credibility from the results announced by the CNE.”
The Venezuelan opposition determined, based on independently obtained records, that Edmundo González obtained around 70% of the votes, compared to around 30% for Maduro.
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