Leaders from several countries have sharply criticized the results of Venezuela’s recent election.
The Costa Rican government denounced Nicolas Maduro’s victory as “fraudulent” and pledged to collaborate with other nations to uphold “the sacred will of the Venezuelan people.”
Panama’s President, José Raúl Mulino, voiced his country’s support for the widespread rejection of the Venezuelan electoral outcome on social media, stating that Panama would take both individual and collective actions to support Venezuelan democracy.
Peru’s Foreign Minister, Javier González-Olaechea, expressed his “utter condemnation of the totality of the fraud-driven irregularities by the Venezuelan government.
Peru, he added, would not stand for the “violation of the popular will of the Venezuelan people.”
Argentina’s President, Javier Milei, took to social media to call for Maduro’s removal, declaring, “GET OUT, MADURO, YOU DICTATOR!!!”
“Venezuelans chose to put an end to Nicolás Maduro’s communist dictatorship. The data shows a crushing opposition victory and the world is waiting for the defeat of years of socialism, misery, decadence and death to be recognised.”
Javier Milei
Milei stressed that Argentina would not recognise “another fraud” and said that he hoped Venezuela’s armed forces would “defend democracy and the will of the people.”
Luis Lacalle Pou, the President of Uruguay, gave an even more direct response.
“Not like that! It was an open secret that they were going to ‘win’ whatever the real results were,” he said on X.
“The process, right up to the day of the election and the count itself, was clearly corrupt. You can’t recognise a win if you can’t trust the forms and mechanisms used to bring it about.”
Luis Lacalle Pou
Calls Made For Publication Of Detailed Results
Spain’s Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, called on Venezuela’s National Electoral Council to release voting information in the interests of “respecting the democratic will” of the Venezuelan people.
“The people of Venezuela yesterday voted democratically and in very large numbers,” Albares stated.
“We want total transparency and that’s why we’re asking for the results to be published, polling station by polling station.
“We don’t have a candidate – we just want a guarantee of transparency. The publication of polling station information is key so that the results can be verified.”
José Manuel Albares
Albares also urged “calm and civic responsibility” as the results were properly examined.
Germany’s foreign ministry said that “the announced election results are not enough to dispel doubts about the vote count in Venezuela.”
“We call for the publication of detailed results for all polling stations & access to all voting and election documents for opposition and observers,” it added.
Josep Borrell, the EU’s most senior diplomat and also a former Spanish Foreign Minister, noted that the will of the Venezuelan people had to be respected.
He added, “Ensuring full transparency in the electoral process, including detailed counting of votes and access to voting records at polling stations, is vital.”
The British foreign office issued a statement on the situation in Venezuela calling for the publication of detailed results.
“We are concerned by allegations of serious irregularities in the counting and declared results of Sunday’s presidential election in Venezuela,” the office said.
It added, “We call for the swift and transparent publication of full, detailed results to ensure that the outcome reflects the votes of the Venezuelan people.”
Moreover, Bernardo Arévalo, Guatemala’s centrist President, said that Venezuela deserved “transparent, accurate results” in accordance with the will of the people.
“We receive the results announced by the electoral authority with many doubts,” he said.
He added, “This is why electoral observation mission reports are essential, and today more than ever, must defend Venezuelans’ votes.”
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