According to Colombia's Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo, a virtual summit bringing together Presidents Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil), Gustavo Petro (Colombia), and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO - Mexico) has been agreed upon to discuss the crisis triggered by the July 28 elections which both the ruling party and the opposition in Caracas claim to have won.
Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) Chief Justice Caryslia Beatriz Rodríguez warned that the ruling on the July 28 polls would be definitive and binding. In other words, the decision will be not open to appeals and must be enforced.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Friday delivered to the Supreme Court (TSJ) the electoral records in possession of the parties that supported his candidacy in the July 28 elections, Agencia Brasil reported. The TSJ is conducting an investigation at Maduro's request after the opposition cried fraud and insisted Edmundo González Urrutia had been the winner.
Venezuelan opposition leader announced Friday that we will not leave the streets and pledged to stage a worldwide demonstration in support of her stance regarding the outcome of the July 28 elections, which she insists Edmundo González Urrutia of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) won by 67% to 30% of the vote against the incumbent Nicolás Maduro, whom the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced as the winner.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Thursday banned the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) for 10 days. He also accused its owner Elon Musk of inciting hatred in the South American country. Maduro has also singled out WhatsApp, Instagram, and TikTok as multipliers of hate.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Monday that the instant-message application WhatsApp needed to get out of his country because it was a tool used by fascist groups to launch threats. He made those remarks days after questioning the unregulated operations of Instagram and TikTok.
Former Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez said Sunday on X that Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) was considering the possibility of annulling the July 28 elections reportedly won by incumbent President Nicolás Maduro given an alleged cyberattack that would have affected the integrity of the electoral data.
The European Union (EU) pointed out Sunday that the results announced by Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) granting victory to the incumbent Nicolás Maduro cannot be recognized given the lack of documentation supporting it, due to which a greater independent verification of the electoral records was needed.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro admitted that over 2,000 had been arrested as a result of the riots following the announcement that he had been reelected for the 2025-2031 term amid allegations from opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia and his supporters that they had garnered around 67% of the vote.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced Thursday that two maximum security prisons were to be refurbished in haste to house and reeducate the political opponents of his regime who were arrested during the recent protests following his fudgy reelection last Sunday.