VENEZUELA SOB MADURO
Venezuela lives under an autocracy headed by Nicholas Maduro61 years old. There is no freedom of the press. People can be arrested for “political crimes”. Published in May 2021 (PDF – 179 kB) regarding the “illegitimate appointment” of the National Electoral Council.
A reported abuses in (PDF – 150 kB), (PDF – 161 kB) and (PDF – 151 kB). from Human Rights Watch in 2023 (PDF – 5 MB) states that 7.1 million Venezuelans have fled the country since 2014.
Maduro denies that the country lives under a dictatorship. He says there are regular elections and the opposition simply cannot win.
The presidential elections on July 28, 2024 are contested by the international community. The main opposition leader, María Corinain June 2023 to hold public office for 15 years. The Venezuelan Supreme Court made the decision in January 2024. He claimed “administrative irregularities” that were allegedly committed when she was a deputy, from 2011 to 2014, and for “corruption plot” for supporting Juan Guaidó.
Corina indicated the ally Corina Yoris to compete. However, Yoris because of an alleged flaw in the electoral system. The diplomat Edmundo González the role of being the main opposition candidate.
The government-controlled National Electoral Council of Venezuela on July 28, 2024, Maduro’s victory. The body announced the results on August 2, 2024, but did not release the ballots. The Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice, controlled by the current regime, on August 22, 2024 that the bulletins will not be released.
The Carter Center, a respected organization created by former US President Jimmy Carter, which runs elections in Venezuela “they were not democratic”. Read the statement (in English – PDF – 107 kB).
The results have subsequently been contested by the European Union and by several individual countries, such as the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic and Uruguay. Brazil has not yet recognized Maduro’s election in 2024, but neither does it make tougher demands like other countries that point to fraud in the process. The president (PT) did not see anything unusual in the country’s election.
Human Rights Watch criticized presidents Lula, Gustavo Petro (Colombia) and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico) in August 2024. They stated in a letter sent to the 3 that it was necessary for them to reconsider their positions on Venezuela and criticized the leaders’ proposals to resolve the impasse, as a general amnesty. Read the document (PDF – 2 MB).
