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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 09:59 UTC

Tag: Venezuelan elections 2024

  • Friday, August 16th 2024 - 22:03 UTC

    OAS recalls Mexico City and Barbados deals regarding Venezuelan crisis

    The OAS urged the CNE in Caracas to “expeditiously publish the presidential election records”

    The Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council passed a resolution Friday urging Venezuelan authorities, political forces, and citizenry to abide by the Memorandum of Understanding signed in Mexico City on August 13, 2021, as well as the Partial Agreement on the Promotion of Political Rights and Electoral Guarantees for All signed in Barbados on October 17, 2023, and therefore “abstain from any conduct that might jeopardize the peaceful settlement of this crisis, fully respecting the sovereign will of the electorate of Venezuela.”

  • Thursday, August 15th 2024 - 20:56 UTC

    AMLO not endorsing Lula's new elections plan

    The only thing we ask is that everything is resolved in a peaceful manner, AMLO said

    Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Thursday that he did not share his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's idea that Venezuela should hold fresh elections to get out of the current crisis.

  • Thursday, August 15th 2024 - 19:57 UTC

    Lula suggests new elections for Venezuela; Machado opposes

    Maduro knows he owes an explanation to society and to the world, Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday suggested Venezuela should hold fresh elections to solve the controversy stemming from the July 28 polls the National Electoral Council (CNE) said were won by incumbent President Nicolás Maduro without showing any evidence, while the opposition maintains Edmundo González Urrutia triumphed by a landslide.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 22:24 UTC

    Machado: It's best for Maduro to negotiate his way out

    The opposition leader would not object to “guarantees and incentives” being offered to help Maduro make up his mind

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado insisted Tuesday that, given the growing international repercussions of the July 28 elections, President Nicolás Maduro should negotiate his departure from office with her political group.

  • Thursday, August 8th 2024 - 08:32 UTC

    Argentina recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as Venezuelan President-elect

    Mondino had declared González Urrutia the winner earlier on but Milei's Government exerted some caution until Wednesday

    Argentina's Foreign Ministry issued a statement Wednesday recognizing Edmundo González Urrutia of the Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD) as the “undisputed winner” winner of the July 28 polls in Venezuela, in defiance of the results announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE) whereby the incumbent Nicolás Maduro had been reelected for the 2025-2031 term.

  • Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 18:49 UTC

    VPs of Argentina, Uruguay share views on Venezuelan crisis

    Argimón (L) and Villarruel met in Buenos Aires for a workshop on parliamentary challenges

    Vice Presidents Beatriz Argimón of Uruguay and Victoria Villarruel of Argentina met in Buenos Aires during an international workshop where the Venezuelan crisis after the controversial July 28 elections was discussed, among other topics. Both Senate Speakers agreed on a proposed summit to discuss the case.

  • Monday, August 5th 2024 - 21:00 UTC

    Machado and Gonález Urrutia urge Armed Forces to side with them as true election winners

    “We won this election without any discussion whatsoever,” Machado and González Urrutia insisted

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia issued a communiqué Monday urging the Armed and Security forces to side with the people and disobey Nicolás Maduro's orders to suppress any protest after the alleged electoral fraud of July 28 whereby the incumbent head of state was chosen for the 2025-2031 term.

  • Sunday, August 4th 2024 - 21:03 UTC

    Maduro admits over 2,000 arrested in Venezuelan riots

    “Maximum punishment! Justice!” Maduro promised those he dubbed as “guarimberos” (violent protesters)

    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.

  • Saturday, August 3rd 2024 - 23:20 UTC

    CFK wants Caracas to release the minutes “for Chávez's legacy's sake”

    CFK said she was glad María Corina Machado had come out of hiding so quickly to stage Saturday's rally

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Saturday urged Venezuelan authorities to release the minutes of July 28's presidential elections for the sake of Hugo Chávez's legacy, thus joining the international community's pressure on Caracas to produce the evidence substantiating President Nicolás Maduro's alleged win.

  • Saturday, August 3rd 2024 - 22:44 UTC

    Thousands gather in Caracas to support Machado

    “Violence is pretending to bury the truth,” Machado insisted

    The streets of Caracas were packed Saturday with supporters of disenfranchised opposition leader María Corina Machado, who insisted that “the truth is in the minutes” in her possession which proved that Edmundo González Urrutia had defeated the incumbent Nicolás Maduro in last Sunday's elections.