2024-08-01 09:00:08
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Venezuela's Presidential Election: Allegations, Protests, and International Condemnation

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Venezuela's disputed presidential election has sparked controversy and unrest. Despite claims of fraud and a lack of transparency, Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner.

The Carter Center, the only independent observer, denounced the election as undemocratic. Protests erupted, resulting in multiple casualties.

The US and other countries are demanding detailed election results, while Maduro has lodged a complaint and called for opposition figures to be imprisoned. The International Criminal Court is being urged to issue an arrest warrant for Maduro for his role in the violence that followed the election.

In a separate incident, a former US Green Beret was arrested for his involvement in a failed coup attempt against Maduro in 2020. The rebellion, orchestrated with disaffected Venezuelan officials, has raised questions around the world.

Venezuela's economic crisis, which began when Maduro took power in 2013, continues to worsen.

New York Times - Americas
1. August 2024 um 03:37

Venezuelan Election Denounced by International Monitoring Group

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Venezuela's election was condemned by the Carter Center, the lone independent observer, as undemocratic and violating laws. Opposition data showed autocrat Maduro received 30% vs. González's 67%. Protests over the results, in which 16 were killed, erupted after Maduro was declared the winner, with the government failing to release the vote count.
World - South China Morning Post
31. Juli 2024 um 19:42

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
1. August 2024 um 02:11

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
1. August 2024 um 06:14

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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