Democratic governments in Latin America demand transparency in Venezuela’s election results

MADRID, Spain.- A few hours after the Chavista National Electoral Council (CNE) announce the results of the presidential elections in Venezuela this Sunday, July 28, 2024, numerous countries in the region have raised their voices denouncing electoral fraud and questioning the legitimacy of the proclamation of Nicolás Maduro as the winner.

The president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves Robles issued a statement calling Maduro’s election “fraudulent” and “categorically repudiated” his proclamation as president.

In an official statement, the Costa Rican presidency stated on X (formerly Twitter): “The Government of Costa Rica categorically repudiates the proclamation of Nicolás Maduro as president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which we consider fraudulent.” And it assured that it will work “with the democratic governments of the continent and international organizations to ensure that the sacred will of the Venezuelan people is respected.”

Bernardo Arevalo de Leon, Guatemalan President Arévalo de León also expressed significant doubts about the Venezuelan election results. In a message posted on the same social network, Arévalo de León said: “Venezuela deserves transparent, accurate results that adhere to the will of its people.” He also called for international observation: “We received the results announced by the CNE with many doubts. Therefore, the reports from the electoral observation missions are essential, as today more than ever they must defend the vote of Venezuelans.”

The Uruguayan president, Luis Lacalle Pouwas equally critical of the alleged election result. “Not like this! It was an open secret. They were going to ‘win’ regardless of the real results,” he said in a statement in which he also assured that he would not recognize the result announced by Chavismo.

“The process leading up to the day of the election and the counting of votes was clearly flawed. You cannot acknowledge a victory if you do not trust the way and the mechanisms used to achieve it,” Lacalle said.

For his part, the President of Argentina, Javier Milei, He stated that his country “will not recognize another fraud” in Venezuela and argued that the citizens of that country “chose to end the communist dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro.” In X, Milei declared: “The data announces a crushing victory for the opposition and the world is waiting for it to recognize defeat after years of socialism, misery, decadence and death.”

From Chile, both President Gabriel Boric and the Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren They condemned the election results. Boric tweeted that his country will not recognize results that are not verifiable: “The Maduro regime must understand that the results it publishes are difficult to believe. The international community and above all the Venezuelan people, including the millions of Venezuelans in exile, demand total transparency of the minutes and the process, and that international observers not beholden to the government account for the veracity of the results.”

Van Klaveren added: “We will refrain from recognising any results that are not verifiable.”

Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea He also expressed a strong condemnation of the electoral process in Venezuela. Shortly after the CNE announced Maduro’s reelection, González-Olaechea condemned “the accumulation of irregularities with the intention of fraud by the Venezuelan government.” And he stated that “Peru will not accept the violation of the popular will of the Venezuelan people.”

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