Brazil, Mexico and Colombia ask for the disclosure of Venezuela’s electoral records

WORLD.- The Governments of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia They called the authorities on Thursday Venezuelan elections to publish in an “expeditious” manner the data “broken down by voting table” of Sunday’s elections, in which the National Electoral Council declared the winner current president Nicolas Maduro.

The three countries, led by left-wing presidents, said in a joint statement that the electoral controversies must be settled by the “institutional” way and that they must respect the principle of sovereignty through “impartial verification of the results.”

At the same time, the governments called on political actors to act with “maximum caution and restraint” during the protests to avoid “a escalation of violent episodes“after at least 11 deaths and hundreds of arrests were reported.

“Maintaining social peace and protecting human lives must be the priority concerns at this time,” the joint statement said.

JOINT STATEMENT. “Presidential Elections of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela”.

The governments of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico congratulate and express our solidarity with the Venezuelan people who went en masse to the polls on July 28 to define their own… pic.twitter.com/E5wBq5obhw

— Foreign Affairs (@SRE_mx) August 1, 2024

On the other hand, the Executives reiterated their “absolute respect” for the sovereignty of the popular will in Venezuelaas well as its willingness to assist in efforts at “dialogue and seeking agreements.”

The Venezuelan CNE declared Nicolás Maduro the winner with 80% of the votes counted, against the opposition Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiaa result widely rejected by the opposition and by part of the international community.

Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil; Gustavo Petro of Colombia; and Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico, have avoided recognizing the results without cutting bridges with the Maduro Administration.

Brazil, Mexico and Colombia avoid voting in the OAS

The three leaders abstained or avoided participating in the vote on a resolution of the Organization of American States (OAS) which called for, among other things, the immediate publication of the minutes of each polling station.

The Government of Maduro has already expelled diplomats from several countries in the region, including Argentina and Chile, whose leader, the also progressive Gabriel Boric, has openly questioned the validity of the results.

Read: OAS, no consensus on elections in Venezuela: Mexico is absent from the vote

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