{"id":951,"date":"2024-08-02T10:12:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T04:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/blinken-says-venezuelas-nicolas-maduro-lost-election-before-claiming-victory-with-no-supporting-evidence\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T10:28:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T04:58:25","slug":"blinken-says-venezuelas-nicolas-maduro-lost-election-before-claiming-victory-with-no-supporting-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/blinken-says-venezuelas-nicolas-maduro-lost-election-before-claiming-victory-with-no-supporting-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"According to Blinken, Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela was declared the winner despite having &#8220;no supporting evidence.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said a\u00a0Venezuelan\u00a0opposition leader, not socialist and Hugo Chavez successor Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, won the country\u2019s presidential election. Maduro has claimed victory and threatened the opposition since July 28, sparking widespread protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGiven the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez Urrutia won the most votes&nbsp;in Venezuela\u2019s July 28 presidential election,\u201d Blinken said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maduro is widely believed to have lost before declaring victory, and numerous regional governments have cast doubt on the results.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government officials from Brazil, Colombia and Mexico have been trying to convince Maduro\u2019s administration that he must show the vote tally sheets from Sunday\u2019s election and allow impartial verification, a Brazilian government official told the Associated Press on Thursday. Doing so would dispel any doubt about the results, the official said. Argentina\u2019s newly elected libertarian\u00a0President Javier Milei\u00a0has called for the anti-Maduro protests to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, Maduro asked Venezuela\u2019s highest court to conduct an audit of the election, but that request drew almost immediate criticism from foreign observers who said the court is too close to the government to produce an independent review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polls taken over the course of the summer consistently showed opposition candidate\u00a0Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez\u00a0winning by double-digit margins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the National Electoral Council, which is controlled by Maduro loyalists, announced around midnight that Maduro had received 51% of the vote compared to main opposition candidate Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019s 44% support, council President Elvis Amoroso said the results were based on 80% of voting stations and represented an irreversible trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMeanwhile, the democratic opposition has published more than 80% of the tally sheets received directly from polling stations throughout Venezuela,\u201d Blinken&nbsp;said. \u201cThose tally sheets indicate that Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez Urrutia received the most votes in this election by an insurmountable margin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe CNE\u2019s rapid declaration of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro as the winner of the presidential election came with no supporting evidence,\u201d the\u00a0State Department\u00a0said Thursday. \u201cIn the days since the election, we have consulted widely with partners and allies around the world, and while countries have taken different approaches in responding, none have concluded that Nicol\u00e1s Maduro received the most votes this election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the election, protesters have taken to the streets to voice anger at the results, prompting a heavy-handed response by authorities in some instances. 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