VOA’s Celia Mendoza reports on Venezuela election as opposition claims irregularities | VOA News
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Published 2024-07-30
👉 Venezuela’s opposition say they have proof that challenger Edmundo González defeated President Nicolás Maduro in Sunday’s presidential elections, as street demonstrations against Maduro’s victory turned deadly.
González and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado told reporters Monday that they have obtained more than 70% of tally sheets from the voting that show Gonzalez winning more than 6 million votes, while Maduro won over 2 million votes.
González and Machado announced their claims hours after Venezuela’s electoral council, which is controlled by Maduro, announced that the president had won the election with 51% of the vote compared to 44% for González. The council’s results widely contradicted exit polling of voters that showed González winning by a large margin.
The results did not include vote tallies from individual polling centers, which election watchdogs said was critical for determining the accuracy of the vote count.
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Blinken should concern himself with the will of Americans.
