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That is an additional reason for not recognising the results until they will be fully and independently verified,
he told reporters during a visit to Vietnam The data that the [Venezuelan] opposition has made available to the public offers a radically different result from the one announced” by the country’s authorities
Borrell’s second statement said Is Maduro's Fall the Beginning of the End for (Russian President Vladimir) Putin?"
Ukraine's Kyiv Post asked ... as it analyzed Can the U.S. force out a regime that has survived Republican and Democratic White House administrations?"
Maduro's announced victory smells like a dictator's dirty old trick."
The Miami Herald in an editorial said The news hit like a bomb outside Venezuela's embassy in Buenos Aires,
There is a lot at stake. Chavismo should be the first to benefit from transparency about the election, because it needs a victory that will be internationally recognized,
That is completely counterproductive and on par with Donald Trump, who once said that when it came to Venezuela, all options were on the table,
The electoral council, the judiciary and most of the institutions in Venezuela have long been instruments of oppression for Maduro's regime,
Ana Soliz de Stange, a political scientist at the Helmut Schmidt University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg, told DW The way I see it, Maduro does not have enough incentive to relinquish power in a democratic way,
And Soliz de Stange ... she said Within a decade, the Maduro regime's state propaganda has become more and more far-reaching,
Anja Osterhaus, executive director of the media freedom group Reporters Without Borders Germany (RSF), said a few days ahead of the election The military is an important player in Venezuela,
said Kurtenbach, explaining At the end of the day, none of us are surprised,
Sabine Kurtenbach from the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies in Hamburg expressed similar sentiments ... she said Maduro has to learn that when you win, you stay. When you lose, you go away."
This earned him a rebuke from his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who said The highest military ranks in particular are closely linked to the regime,
Despite that, many members of the international community, including the Argentine Republic, chose to trust that, in that minimum space to participate left, a change was possible for Venezuela
The proscription and persecution of political opponents, the systematic violation of human rights, the rejection of the presence of inspectors and foreign press, as well as the obstacles imposed on registration abroad for its citizens to prevent them from voting, were all clear signs that this election would not be democratic or transparent
The Argentine Republic deems it essential to allow access by the opposition to voting protocols and urges Venezuelan authorities to observe the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which it is a Party, especially article 25
the Foreign Ministry stated in a press release Even though I love my country... I know that the only way out is to leave,
said 34-year-old nurse Veruska Donado When I heard the results I started crying, indignant, and I said tomorrow I will go out, because this cannot continue like this. Enough is enough
said Janeth Carabano, 49, who said she was protesting for a better future for her two children and grandson