Venezuela

Without Evidence, US Declares Edmundo González Winner Of Venezuela’s Election

August 3, 2024 Zoe Alexandra, People's Dispatch. Educate! Elections, International Solidarity, US Regime Change, Venezuela

History has repeated itself in US-Venezuelan relations. On August 1, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken released a statement “Assessing the Results of Venezuela’s Presidential Election,” wherein he declares that “it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo González Urrutia won the most votes in Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election.” The statement also harshly criticizes Venezuela’s electoral system, the process on voting day, and the manner in which results have been released by Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE). The declaration has been harshly criticized by different governments, political analysts, and social movements, which accuse the US of once again trying to implement the failed “Guaidó plan.”

Don’t Believe The Hype: Venezuela Is A Democracy

August 3, 2024 Ajamu Baraka and Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Coup Attempt, Elections, Regime Change, US Intervention, Venezuela

What we saw unfold was the playbook that the US has, when it comes to events in this region and really around the world, that when there's an attempt to have internal democratic processes, where the possibility of forces that may not be in alignment with the US come into power, and there is an attempt on the part of the US and the Western European allies to undermine those processes. And that's exactly what has occurred here in this country. I think the world was forewarned that the possibility of violence erupting if the opposition didn't win, was something that had to be dealt with, and acknowledged. But even before we talk about that, I wanted to just briefly share with the people who are reading this interview, that the process will determine how people actually vote here in this country. On the day of the election, we had an opportunity to move around primarily around Caracas and right outside, to view the process of various voting spaces and voting precincts, and what we saw was the process in place.

Venezuela: An Attempted Coup By Any Other Name

August 2, 2024 Maria Paez Victor, Counter Punch. Educate! Coups, Democracy, Elections, Venezuela

Once again, as in 2002, Venezuela has been the victim of a combined media and diplomatic coup attempt, but this time with the added element of organized crime and a cyber-attack. Millions of eligible voters cast their electronic ballots before the presence of more than 635 international witnesses including electoral experts of the United Nations, the African Union, and electoral staff of 65 countries. How many international witnesses are allowed for the USA or Canadian elections? None. Nicolás Maduro was re-elected with 51.2% of votes (5,150,092 votes), and the far-right candidate Edmundo González lost with 44.2% of votes (4,445,978 votes). The other 8 opposition leaders received 4.6% of the total votes cast.

Organization Of American States Interference Against Venezuela Fails

August 2, 2024 Victoria Torres, Orinoco Tribune. Educate! Democracy, Elections, OAS, Regime Change, Venezuela

The Organization of American States (OAS) has failed in an interventionist attempt to try to approve a resolution targeting the sovereign presidential elections in Venezuela. The discredited regional body has been plagued by condemnations of mismanagement and ethical qualms in recent years against its secretary, Luis Almagro, as well as by its loss of credibility among regional countries regarding the body’s belligerence in recent regional crises, always protecting Washington interests or claims over regional sovereignty. By failing to obtain the necessary votes and consensus this Wednesday, July 31, the OAS was unable to pass its resolution against the Venezuelan electoral process.

President Maduro Files Supreme Court Appeal For Election Protection

August 1, 2024 Victoria Torres, Orinoco Tribune. Resist! Elections, Legal System, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has filed an appeal before the electoral chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) for protection of results, in order to resolve the attacks and the attempted coup d’état that took place on Monday. The head of state submitted a request to the TSJ to summon all candidates this Wednesday, July 31, as well as representatives of all parties “to compare all the evidence and certify the results of July 28 through a technical appraisal,” the president said, “so that the Electoral Chamber of the TSJ can address this attack.” When the election’s results were announced a few minutes before midnight on Sunday, July 28, the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, condemned an attack against the CNE’s technological systems.

An Attack On Venezuela’s Democracy

August 1, 2024 Leonardo Flores, CODEPINK - Women for Peace. Educate! Coups, Democracy, Elections, Far Right, Nicolas Maduro, US Imperialism, Venezuela

A massive cyberattack, a global disinformation campaign and armed gangs are key elements in an attempted coup in Venezuela following presidential elections on July 28. The results of those elections, in which 10 candidates competed, saw President Maduro win 51.2% of the vote against opposition leader Edmundo González’s 44.2%, with 80% of the vote counted. The remaining eight candidates combined for 4.6%, in a vote that has become controversial for all the wrong reasons. González and his far-right allies rejected the results and alleged fraud For months, the Venezuelan government has been denouncing the far-right’s strategy for these elections.

The Time Of The Lima Group Is Over

August 1, 2024 Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch. Educate! Bolivarian Process, Caribbean, Elections, guarimba, Latin America, Lima Group, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela

Following the proclamation by the National Electoral Council of the victory of Nicolás Maduro in the presidential elections, several fronts of conflict have opened within Venezuela. The opposition has refused to recognize the results and has declared that its candidate, Edmundo González, is the legitimate winner of the elections. This scenario was expected given that the opposition had already announced that they would not respect the result if their candidate did not win. The international hegemonic media also started a campaign several months ago to delegitimize the electoral result if Maduro won the elections.

Venezuela Expels Diplomats From Seven Countries After Blatant Interference

July 31, 2024 Orinoco Tribune. Resist! Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Diplomacy, Dominican Republic, Elections, Javier Milei, Lima Group, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yvan Gil

The Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs Yván Gil, through a statement, announced that the Venezuelan government decided to withdraw all diplomatic personnel from its embassies in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay. The announcement followed the unprecedented interventionist aggression and interference in Venezuelan internal affairs carried out by these seven countries. In addition, the minister requested that the governments of these countries immediately withdraw their representatives from Venezuelan territory. In diplomatic jargon, this essentially constitutes a complete diplomatic rupture.

The Venezuelan People Stay With The Bolivarian Revolution

July 31, 2024 Vijay Prashad, People's Dispatch. Resist! Bolivarian Process, Bolivarian Revolution, Europe, Nicolas Maduro, Sanctions, US Imperialism, US sanctions against Venezuela, Venezuela

On July 28, the 70th birthday of Hugo Chávez (1954-2013), Nicolás Maduro Moros won the Venezuelan presidential election, the fifth since the Bolivarian Constitution was ratified in 1999. In January 2025, Maduro will start his third six-year term as president. He took over the reins of the Bolivarian Revolution after the death of Chávez from pelvic cancer in 2013. Since the death of Chávez, Maduro has faced several challenges: to build his own legitimacy as president in the place of a charismatic man who came to define the Bolivarian Revolution; to tackle the collapse of oil prices in mid-2014, which negatively impacted Venezuela’s state revenues (over 90% of which was from oil exports); and to manage a response to the unilateral, illegal sanctions deepened on Venezuela by the United States as oil prices declined.

Venezuelans Re-Elect President Maduro Despite Coup Attempt

July 31, 2024 Gloria Guillo, Covert Action Magazine. Educate! Elections, Sanctions, US Imperialism, Venezuela

Sanctions are a misnomer when it comes to Venezuela. Here, the U.S. isn’t “just” illegally punishing a nation-state to effect regime change by withholding necessary resources and key inputs that cause food shortages, grave illness, death and economic instability. In Venezuela, the United States is also committing racketeer-level crimes against its people for not handing over their sovereignty and oil to Washington’s oligarchy on a silver platter.

Venezuelans Re-Elect Maduro; US-Backed Opposition Cries Foul

July 30, 2024 Roger Harris, Resumen English. Educate! Elections, Nicolas Maduro, Socialism, Venezuela

Shortly before midnight, the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, announced the re-election of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. Like the proverbial boy who cried wolf, the US-backed and funded opposition cried fraud. Maduro won with 51.2% of the vote. His nearest rival, the US-backed candidate Edmundo Gonzalez trailed by 7%. While the US corporate press refers to the “opposition” as if it were a unified bloc, eight other names appeared on the ballot. Unlike the US, where most of the electorate is polarized around two major parties, the fractious opposition in Venezuela is split into many mutually hostile camps whose dislike of the ruling Socialist Party is matched by their loathing for each other.

Venezuela: US Politicians Call Fraud, Election Observers Endorse Results

July 30, 2024 Alan MacLeod, MintPress News. Educate! Democracy, Elections, US Imperialism, Venezuela

Much to the chagrin of the U.S. government, socialist candidate Nicolas Maduro won a third successive term in office on Sunday, convincingly beating his U.S.-backed opponents, Edmundo Gonzalez and Maria Corina Machado, by seven points. Almost immediately after the results were announced, American officials began decrying the elections as a farce. “We commend [the Venezuelan people’s] courage and commitment to democracy in the face of repression,” Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a speech on Sunday evening, adding: We have serious concerns that the result announced does not affect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people. It is critical that every vote be counted fairly and transparently.

Chavistas Take To The Streets Of Venezuela To Ensure Peace

July 30, 2024 Kleybergel Gonzalez, Orinoco Tribune. Educate! Chavismo, Elections, Far Right, Political Violence, Venezuela

The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, called on supporters of the Chavista revolutionary movement to mobilize this Tuesday in the streets of Caracas to ensure the peace of the country and the electoral victory of President Nicolás Maduro and to reject the violence unleashed by the extremist opposition that refuses to recognize the results of the National Electoral Council and the will of the Venezuelans. “We call on all our people to march tomorrow at two in the afternoon from Petare to Miraflores, also from Catia, La Vega, and El Valle to celebrate our victory, but above all, to defend the peace of the republic,” Rodríguez said during a speech on Monday, July 29, from the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas.

Nicolás Maduro Re-Elected President Of Venezuela

July 29, 2024 Orinoco Tribune. Educate! Democracy, Elections, Nicolas Maduro, US Intervention, Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been re-elected with 5.1 million votes (51.2% of the total), stated the president of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso. Far-right opposition candidate Edmundo González obtained 4.4 million votes (44.2%), and the other candidates obtained 462,704 votes (4.6%). Thus, President Maduro’s margin of victory was deemed irreversible at about seven percentage points. The first bulletin with the results of the Venezuelan presidential elections were released close to midnight on Sunday, July 28. Results were expected to be released around 11 pm. Amoroso explained that the slight delay was the result of an attack against the electronic vote transmission infrastructure.

Venezuela: National Lawyers Guild Electoral Observers Praise Fairness, Transparency Of Election

July 29, 2024 National Lawyers Guild International Committee. Educate! Democracy, Elections, Transparency, US Imperialism, Venezuela

July 29, 2024 – A delegation of five election observers from the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) monitored the presidential elections in Venezuela that took place on July 28, 2024. The delegation observed a transparent, fair voting process with scrupulous attention to legitimacy, access to the polls, and pluralism. Despite the soundness of the electoral process, the U.S. backed opposition, with support from an anti-Maduro western press, has refused to accept the results, undermining the stability of Venezuela’s democracy. The president of the Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, called upon the attorney general to investigate the attacks on the electoral transmission system.

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