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☆ Venezuela says it arrested 6 foreigners allegedly involved in a plot to kill Maduro
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Cabello said the foreign citizens were part of a CIA-led plot to overthrow the Venezuelan government and kill several members of its leadership. Venezuela’s Electoral Council, which is closely aligned with the Maduro administration, said Maduro won the election with 52% of the vote, but did not provide a detailed breakdown of the results. Opposition activists, however, surprised the government by collecting tally sheets from 80% of the nation’s voting machines. The tally sheets collected by the opposition were published online, and they indicate that Gonzalez won the election with twice as many votes as Maduro. The Maduro administration has previously used Americans imprisoned in Venezuela to gain concessions from the U.S. government.

Persons: Nicolas Maduro, Diosdado Cabello, Cabello, Wilbert Joseph Castañeda Gomez, Gomez, ”, Maduro, Edmundo Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Biden, Alex Saab Organizations: CIA, Navy, The U.S . State Department, U.S, Treasury, Venezuela’s Electoral, U.S ., Saab Locations: Czech, Venezuelan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Colombia, Spain’s, Venezuela, The, U.S, United States, Spain, Venezuela’s, Brazil, Florida

☆ Voices across the globe express concern over increasing arrests in Venezuela after disputed election
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Voices across the globe expressed concern Sunday over the growing number of arrests in Venezuela following last weekend’s disputed elections. The AP processed almost 24,000 images of tally sheets, representing the results from 79% of voting machines. According to the calculations, the González received 6.89 million votes, nearly half a million more than the government says Maduro won. The tabulations also show Maduro received 3.13 million votes from the tally sheets released. On Thursday, the governments of the three countries issued a joint statement calling on Venezuela’s electoral authorities “to move forward expeditiously and publicly release” detailed voting data.

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☆ Venezuela investigates Edmundo González and María Corina Machado
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Marlon Sorto | Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Venezuela’s Public Ministry has opened a criminal investigation into presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia and opposition leader María Corina Machado, the country’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab said in a statement on Monday. The opposition, which enjoyed strong polling figures prior to the vote, says it won by a landslide. Machado said last week that González won by a landslide, and posted on X a link to what she says are the results from Sunday’s election. The US, among the countries that consider González the winner, said last week that it was“clear” President Maduro lost the popular vote. Protests broke out across Venezuela following the vote, which saw the government detain hundreds of opposition supporters.

Persons: Edmundo González Urrutia, María Corina Machado, Tarek William Saab, Nicolas Maduro, “, González, Machado, Maduro, ”, Federico Parra, implore Maduro, Pope Francis Organizations: CNN, Venezuela’s, Ministry, Public Ministry, police, Electoral Council, Getty Locations: AFP, Venezuela, Latin America

☆ Venezuelans march over contested election, number of detained rises
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Thousands of Venezuelans marched across the South American country on Saturday over its contested election, as President Nicolas Maduro told supporters some 2,000 people had been arrested during protests against the results. The published election result sparked widespread allegations of fraud and protests. Subsequently security forces cracked down on protests which Maduro’s government labeled part of an attempted U.S.-backed coup. “This time there will be no forgiveness,” Maduro told supporters at a rally in Caracas, where he said some 2,000 people had been detained in connection to “crimes” during the protests. During the week, some Venezuelans have appeared outside police stations seeking news of their detained family members.

Persons: Nicolas Maduro, Maduro, Edmundo Gonzalez, ” Maduro, ” Maduro’s, …, ” Alfredo Valera, Venezuela’s, Maria Corina Machado, “, ” Machado, Machado, ”, Maria Luzardo, Gonzalez, Antony Blinken Organizations: Wall Street Journal, Rights Watch, of American, OAS, Nations, U.S Locations: U.S, Caracas, Valencia, Maracaibo, San Cristobal, Venezuela, Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Uruguay, Russia, China, Cuba

☆ U.S. recognizes opposition candidate González as winner of Venezuela’s presidential election
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, center left, and Opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González, center right, greet supporters at a protest against the result of the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday. On Monday, after the National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner of the election, thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets. The presidents of Colombia and Brazil — both close allies of the Venezuelan government — have urged Maduro to release detailed vote counts. He added that Mexico expects “that the evidence, the electoral results records, be presented.”Pressure has been building on the president since the election. But Machado, the opposition leader, has said vote tallies show González received roughly 6.2 million votes compared with 2.7 million for Maduro.

Persons: Nicolás Maduro, Edmundo González, Edmundo González Urrutia, Antony Blinken, Maduro, Maria Corina Machado, Jesus Vargas, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Gustavo Petro of, “, ”, Freddy Superlano, Maria Corina Machado —, —, González, Jorge Rodriguez, Machado, Machado’s, ” Machado, Venezuela’s, López Obrador Organizations: U.S . Department of, Electoral Council, México, Getty Images, Brazilian, Electoral, Foro Penal, National Assembly, Street, AP, Justice, Maduro, Brazil —, Venezuelan, Maduro’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela Locations: CARACAS, Venezuela, United States, Venezuela’s, ” U.S, U.S, Brazil, Caracas, Colombia, Mexico, Gustavo Petro of Colombia, “

Venezuela's opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia thanked the U.S. on Friday for recognizing him as the official winner of Sunday's controversial presidential election, in which both González Urrutia and President Nicolás Maduro claimed victory. "Those tally sheets indicate that Edmundo González Urrutia received the most votes in this election by an insurmountable margin," Blinken said in a statement Thursday. "Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo González Urrutia won." Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, center left, and opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González, center right, greet supporters at a protest against the result of the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday. The controversy over the election results is fueling fears of increased protests and violence amid the international debate and lack of consensus.

Persons: Edmundo González Urrutia, González Urrutia, Nicolás Maduro, Antony Blinken, Maduro, Blinken, González, Maduro's, María Corina Machado, Machado, Maria Corina Machado, Edmundo González, Jesus Vargas, “, Venezuela’s, it's, Freddy Superlano Organizations: United, NBC, Electoral Council, Associated Press, Venezuelan, Pro Locations: U.S, United States, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, Vente Venezuela, Caracas Saturday, Caracas, Maduro, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuelan

CNN —Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says she’s in hiding, fears for her life, and can prove President Nicolas Maduro did not win Sunday’s contentious presidential election. “I am writing this from hiding, fearing for my life, my freedom,” Machado wrote in an opinion editorial published Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. Though the country’s Public Ministry later clarified that no arrest warrant had been issued for either opposition figure. The United States is among numerous countries that have called on Venezuelan electoral officials to publish detailed results from Sunday’s presidential election. I call on those who reject authoritarianism and support democracy to join the Venezuelan people in our noble cause,” she said.

Persons: Maria Corina Machado, she’s, Nicolas Maduro, “, ” Machado, Machado, Jorge Rodriguez, Edmundo Gonzalez, Maduro, –, ”, Nicolas Maduro's, Carlos Landaeta, Edmundo González, Maduro didn’t, Federico Parra, Celso Amorim Organizations: CNN, Wall Street, Venezuela’s National, Public, Carter, Venezuelan, Puerto La Cruz, Getty, Electoral Council, CNE, Argentine Embassy, Human Rights Watch, Local, Foro Penal Locations: Venezuelan, Venezuela’s, Venezuela, United States, Puerto La, Anzoategui, AFP, Argentine, Miraflores, Caracas

☆ Election Results Presented by Venezuela’s Opposition Suggest Maduro Lost Decisively
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Anatoly Kurmanaev | Ethan Singer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Venezuela’s electoral body announced on Monday that the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, comfortably won another six years in office, beating his main opponent by seven percentage points in a vote that was marred by widespread irregularities. But partial election results, provided to The New York Times by a group of researchers associated with Venezuela’s main opposition alliance, supply new evidence that calls the official result into question. Their figures suggest that an opposition candidate, a retired diplomat named Edmundo González, actually beat Mr. Maduro by more than 30 percentage points. The researchers’ estimate of the result — 66 percent to 31 percent — is similar to the result obtained by an independent exit poll conducted on Election Day across the country. By Wednesday, Venezuela’s government-controlled election authority had still not released detailed results, despite growing international pressure.

Persons: Nicolás Maduro, Edmundo González, Venezuela’s Organizations: The New York Times, The Times

☆ Analysis: In Venezuela, voters caught in Maduro’s dangerous dance are seeking answers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Flora Charner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“We want peace for Venezuela, for our family members,” a protester, who chose not to be identified, told reporting teams on the ground. Leo Ramirez/AFP/Getty Images/FileA ‘cyberattack’ curveballIt seems unlikely Maduro’s government will pay too much attention to the concerns raised over the results. Nearly 8 million people have left Venezuela since 2014, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reacts following the election results in Caracas on July 29, 2024. “We want Venezuela to be free and for the people’s will to be respected,” she said.

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This is called judicial criminality,” Machado said of Friday's ruling by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice. The longtime government foe was able to participate, because the primary was organized by a commission independent of Venezuela’s electoral authorities. On Monday, she sought to reassure supporters, telling them that her campaign is “stronger than ever” and she will represent them during the presidential election. The court and the National Electoral Council, the country’s electoral body, are stacked with people affiliated with the ruling party. "Should there be an aggressive action, our response will be calm, reciprocal and energetic.”___Zeke Miller contributed to this report from Washington.

Persons: María Corina Machado, ”, Machado, Nicolás Maduro, ” Machado, “, Friday’s, Maduro, They’ve, John Kirby, Elvis Amoroso, Tarek William Saab, Roberto Abdul, Gerardo Blyde, Jorge Rodríguez, Blyde, Rodríguez, ” Rodríguez, ___ Zeke Miller Organizations: Monday, Justice, National Security, of American, Electoral Council, U.S Locations: CARACAS, Venezuela, Venezuelan, United States, Venezuela's, U.S, Barbados, Spain, Latin America, Washington

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. government and nearly 30 conservative world leaders on Saturday condemned the decision of Venezuela’s highest court to block the presidential candidacy of opposition leader María Corina Machado. “The United States is currently reviewing our Venezuela sanctions policy, based on this development and the recent political targeting of democratic opposition candidates and civil society,” U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement. Machado insisted throughout the campaign that she never received official notification of the ban and said voters, not ruling-party loyalists, were the rightful decision-makers of her candidacy. The ruling came more than three months after Maduro and the U.S.-backed opposition reached a deal to work on basic conditions for a fair election. The deal led Washington to ease some economic sanctions on Venezuela's oil, gas and mining sectors.

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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Dueling political factions took to the streets of Venezuela's capital on Tuesday for the first competing rallies of the presidential election year, showcasing their ability to draw people en masse, as voters grapple with political disappointments and uncertainty over the candidate who ultimately will challenge President Nicolás Maduro. Political Cartoons View All 253 Images“They talk about elections, but they are terrified of elections,” Machado said, referring to Maduro and his allies. Let them know clearly, no one takes us out of this electoral route.”Maduro and the opposition faction behind the primary agreed last year to hold a presidential election in the second half of 2024. His challenger's participation in the election remains in doubt even though she won the primary with more than 90% of support. “And not only her, any other candidate who has expressed their intention to participate in a presidential election must participate.”____Follow AP’s coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at https://apnews.com/hub/latin-america

Persons: Nicolás Maduro, María Corina Machado, Maduro, —, Hugo Chávez —, Machado, ” Machado, Tarek William Saab, Yeickson Ramos, Ramos, “ Will, ”, Maduro’s, Chavistas —, Chávez, Leonard Suarez, Suarez Organizations: American, Authorities, Digital Locations: CARACAS, Venezuela, Caracas, U.S, Guyana, America, Caribbean

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