U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed 'serious concerns' that the result did not reflect the vote of the Venezuelan people.
President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters after electoral authorities declared him the winner of the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela on Monday.
However, opposition leader María Corina Machado insisted that González, a 74-year-old retired diplomat who took Machado’s place on the presidential ballot when the regime banned her from running, had won 70% of the vote compared to 30% for Maduro. “We won in every demographic, in every state,” Machado said. “It was overwhelming. We won and the whole world knows this. Even the regime knows what happened.”
Maduro, 61, was first elected in 2013 following the death of his mentor, Hugo Chávez, who founded Venezuela’s socialist revolution in 1999. But Maduro is widely despised for leading Venezuela into its worst economic crisis in history which prompted nearly 8 million Venezuelans, about a quarter of the population, to flee the country. He has also been indicted by the U.S.
“We have serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. “It’s critical that every vote is counted fairly and transparently, that election officials immediately share information with the opposition and electoral observers without delay and that the electoral authorities publish detailed tabulation of votes.
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