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We must remain firm, organized and mobilized with the pride of having achieved a historic victory on July 28, and the awareness that to claim victory we will also go all the way,
Machado said on social media I will never leave you alone, and I will always defend your will!"
In a message to his supporters, Gonzalez Urrutia wrote on X You have blood on your hands,
Maduro said Wednesday, referring to Gonzalez Urrutia and Machado I could be captured as I write these words,
Machado wrote, calling for "those who reject authoritarianism Brazil has asked for protection for the Argentine embassy, and Maduro agreed to that,
a third source, a Brazilian diplomat, said He is offering interesting details because we now have identified a larger group ... who have participated in the attack on the data update system of the (electoral authority),
We call on the electoral authorities in Venezuela to move ahead quickly and let itemised ballot box level results be known publicly,
Brazil, Mexico and Colombia said in a joint statement after a call between their presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Gustavo Petro We reiterate our willingness to support dialogue efforts and the search for agreements that benefit the Venezuelan people,
There are some people that you simply can't just close because of their nature and because of their interests,
To bring freedom to Venezuela, we need a real strategist in the White House,
In my view, it strengthened them internally, and I think gave him the boldness to say: I can get away with this now,
We significantly changed the sanctions policy we inherited from the previous administration because there is no question that the previous administration’s sanctions policy was not working and led to the exodus of 8 million Venezuelans,
In October we calibrated our sanctions policy following the Barbados Agreement to show Maduro and his representatives that things could be different, if only they followed through on their commitments — which they now are not doing, and you can anticipate swift USG [United States Government] action very soon,
When it comes to the American people, we need their brightest minds to join our cause,
Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia won the most votes in Venezuela's July 28 presidential election,
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement The announcement of results by the Maduro-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE) were deeply flawed, yielding an announced outcome that does not represent the will of the Venezuelan people,
We fully support the process of re-establishing democratic norms in Venezuela and stand ready to consider ways to bolster it jointly with our international partners,
Law enforcement and security forces should not become an instrument of political violence used against citizens exercising their democratic rights,
We have voted Mr Maduro out,
The fundamental principle of popular sovereignty must be respected through impartial verification of the results,
they said in the statement