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Venezuela's Presidential Election: Allegations, Protests, and International Condemnation
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Venezuela’s President Maduro asks Supreme Court to audit disputed presidential election | South China Morning Post
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Maduro declared winner, but allies and observers demand transparency. Opposition claims evidence Maduro lost, as protests erupt. Carter Centre unable to verify results. Former US Green Beret Goudreau arrested for arms smuggling related to failed 2020 raid. Another coup plotter, Alcala, sentenced to 2 decades for weapons provision. Venezuela's economic crisis began after Maduro took power in 2013.
New York Times - Americas
Ex-Green Beret Who Planned Failed 2020 Venezuela Coup Is Arrested by U.S.
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A former U.S. Green Beret from Melbourne, Fla. orchestrated a failed 2020 coup attempt against Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro, planning it with disaffected Venezuelan officials. He was arrested with a co-conspirator from Tampa, Fla. on federal arms smuggling charges. Two former Green Berets involved were sentenced to 20 years in prison by Venezuela but later released in a prisoner exchange deal. The audacious rebellion left observers around the world wondering.
DER SPIEGEL
Venezuela: US Diplomat Doubts Victory of Nicolás Maduro - DER SPIEGEL
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Venezuela's ruler Nicolás Maduro was officially declared the winner of the presidential election, although the opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia is said to have received "millions of votes" more according to a US diplomat. The election authority has not yet published any detailed results.
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