One day after the presidential elections that reelected, according to the National Electoral Council of Venezuela (CNE), Nicolás Maduro for another term in the country, the country’s government decided to expel the diplomatic representatives of Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay, who contested the results of the polls.
In a statement released on Monday (29), the Venezuelan government criticized the countries that did not recognize Maduro’s victory, classifying the fact as an attack on national sovereignty and criticizing what it called “interventionist statements”. According to the note, “all legal and political actions will be promoted to ensure respect, preservation and defense” of the inalienable right to self-determination.
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expresses its strongest rejection of the statements of a group of right-wing governments, subordinate to Washington and openly committed to the most sordid ideological postulates of international fascism, trying to recreate the failed and defeated Lima Group, which intends to ignore the electoral results of the Presidential Rallies held this Sunday,” the statement said, adding that the government will confront all actions that threaten the climate of peace in Venezuela.
Amid internal protests, Nicolás Maduro was proclaimed victorious to serve another term – from 2025 to 2030 -, according to the CNE, by 51.21% of the votes against 44% for Edmundo González, the second placed candidate. The result was questioned by González.
The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) informed, through a note, that it awaits the publication by the National Electoral Council of Venezuela of the “data disaggregated by polling stationan essential step towards the transparency, credibility and legitimacy of the election result”.
In addition to the South American countries, representatives of the United States and the European Union demanded transparency in the electoral process. Russia and China congratulated Nicolás Maduro.
Protests
Protesters gathered on the streets of Venezuelan cities on Monday after President Nicolas Maduro was proclaimed re-elected and amid calls from the opposition and the international community for the full vote counts to be released, according to information from the Reuters news agency.
According to the agency, in some places, the protests were dispersed by security forces.
