QCOSTARICA — The Costa Rican government has officially rejected the election results in Venezuela that confirmed the victory of Nicolás Maduro as president.
Ten Latin American governments (Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay) and the United States have said they “categorically reject” Thursday’s decision by Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela to confirm Nicolás Maduro’s widely contested claim to have won re-election.
Chile’s president, Gabriel Boric, declared: “I have no doubt this election has been stolen.” Venezuela’s foreign minister, Yván Gil, calle Boric the “laughingstock” of Latin America and a “submissive pawn of North American imperialism”.
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“Our countries had already expressed their lack of recognition of the validity of the CNE declaration, after the opposition representatives were prevented from accessing the official count, the non-publication of the minutes and the subsequent refusal to carry out an impartial and independent audit of all of them,” indicated a joint statement published Friday, August 23.
The statement came after the president of the court, Caryslia Beatriz Rodríguez, a former member of the ruling Socialist party, announced on Thursday that “we validate the results where Nicolás Maduro Moros was elected”.
They also voiced “profound concern” over human rights violations committed during Maduro’s post-election crackdown, against citizens who peacefully demand respect for the vote of the citizens and the restoration of democracy, which activists say has resulted in more than 1,600 people being detained and at least 24 others killed.
Brazil and Colombia, whose leaders both have warm, historical ties to the political movement Maduro inherited from Hugo Chávez – have also refused to recognize his re-election without seeing detailed voting results.
Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, told reporters early Friday, before the joint statement was made public, he also wanted to see detailed voting tallies before recognizing the official result.
Maduro has rejected international criticism. As things stand, Maduro, who retains the support of Venezuela’s military as well as the governments of Russia and China, will be sworn in for his third six-year term as president on January 10, 2025.
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