OAS convened an extraordinary meeting to address the electoral process in Venezuela

• This meeting will take place on July 31 and among the countries that requested it are Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama and Paraguay | Main photo: EFE

The Organization of American States (OAS) called an extraordinary meeting on July 29 to address the situation in Venezuela after the results of the July 28 elections were announced.

This meeting of the Permanent Council will take place on Wednesday, July 31 and was requested by Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay.

The Paraguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on the morning of July 29 that the purpose of this meeting is to issue a resolution that “safeguards the will” of Venezuelan citizens.

“Our governments will request an urgent meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States to issue a resolution that safeguards the popular will, within the framework of the Democratic Charter and the fundamental principles of democracy in our region,” the Paraguayan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

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Several Latin American countries have protested against the results issued by the National Electoral Council (CNE), which declared Nicolás Maduro the winner of the July 28 elections.

The international community rejects the results of the CNE

Chilean President Gabriel Boric warned in the early hours of July 29 that the results offered by the CNE “They are hard to believe“and that his country will not recognize “any result that is not verifiable.”

Boric was the first international leader to question the delay in the vote count and warned that neither the international community nor Chile would accept results that were not “transparent,” “timely” and “fully reflect the will expressed at the polls.”

For his part, the President of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, announced that he is putting in place “suspended” diplomatic relations with Venezuela and withdraw its personnel from the country. Mulino had previously stated that his government “hoped” that the Venezuelan authorities “respect the popular will,” but this situation was “ignored.”

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The Ecuadorian government reported that there was “lack of transparency” in the results of the Venezuelan presidential elections of July 28. The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry questioned in a press release published on social media the “absence of guarantees” in the process of publishing the results.

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo de León expressed significant doubts about the Venezuelan election results. In a message broadcast through his official channels, Arévalo de León stated that “Venezuela deserves transparent, accurate results that adhere to the will of its people.”

Other countries such as Costa Rica, Argentina, Peru and Paraguay joined those that protested against the first bulletin issued by the CNE.

With information from EFE

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