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Guatemala expresses “concern” over election results in Venezuela
Nine Latin American countries, including Guatemala, are calling for a review of the results and the presence of independent observers.
Venezuela wakes up under the gaze of the world after the election results that gave reelection to Nicolás Maduro. (Photo Prensa Libre: Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)
He Government of Guatemala published a statement on July 29 regarding the election results in Venezuelatogether with other Latin American countries.
According to the publication, the governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic and Uruguay They express their “deep worry for the development of the presidential election” from Venezuela.
In addition, the group of countries demands the Full review of the results With the presence of independent election observers that ensure the “respect for the will of the Venezuelan people who participated massively and peacefully”.
They also point out that the counting of votes must be transparent and the results should not raise any doubts.
In addition, they indicate that the signatory governments will request an urgent meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) to issue a resolution that “safeguards the popular will, framed within the Democratic Charter and the fundamental principles of democracy.”
Guatemala Communiqué
Statement on elections in Venezuela.
— MINEX Guatemala 🇬🇹 (@MinexGt) July 29, 2024
Election results
According to the first bulletin of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Maduro was re-elected on Sunday with 51.5% of the votes (5 million 150 thousand 92 votes), while the opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia obtained 44.2% of the votes.
Maduro – according to the details of the president of the CNE, Elvis Amoroso – was built with 80% of the electoral records transmitted, from more than 15 thousand voting centers, and it is a trend “blunt and irreversible“.
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