US government ratifies González Urrutia’s victory

In an interview with CBS on Sunday, U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer confirmed the U.S. government’s position that candidate Gonzalez “obtained the most votes” in the election.

If the Venezuelan government claims to have won the elections, it must show the data, “something it has refused to do,” Finer said, adding that the government should “embark” on a democratic “transition.”

Finer also admitted that they are working “very closely with key countries in the region that have influence in Venezuela” to form a “coalition” that leads to that end, among which he mentioned Brazil.

“We are concerned about the prospect of instability if these arrests continue,” he added.

SPAIN

Foreign Minister to present Venezuelan case in Parliament

The Spanish Government, through its Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, will present its position on Venezuela in Parliament following the elections in which the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, was declared the winner, amid allegations of fraud from the opposition and the international community.

The minister will appear before the Spanish Senate on August 13, at his own request, in an extraordinary session of the Ibero-American Affairs Committee.

Following the presidential elections held a week ago, Albares insisted that the result “must be able to be verified with complete transparency” and to do so “it is necessary to present the minutes to recognise the results”, with a call for “calm, civility and the guarantee of fundamental rights.”