Latin American leaders call for a full review of Venezuela's election results

Record ID: 1831859

  • Title: Latin American leaders call for a full review of Venezuela's election results
  • Date: 29th July 2024
  • Summary: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (JULY 31, 2024) (REUTERS) SCOOTERS AND CYCLISTS ON AVENUE PEOPLE IN CAFE STREET CAFE, PEOPLE WALKING BY PEOPLE LOOKING AT PHONES BY COFFEE SHOP WINDOW (SOUNDBITE) (English) TEL AVIV RESIDENT, GUY BARNATAN, 47, SAYING: "I think the assassination of Haniyeh is great news and I think it was supposed to happen and I hope Sinwar will be next." PEOPLE WALKING ON
  • Embargoed: 12th August 2024 17:15
  • Keywords: Argentina Chile Mexico Nicolas Maduro Venezuela elections opposition
  • Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS / INTERNET
  • City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS / INTERNET
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Topics: South America / Central America,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA002273829072024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Latin American leaders called for a full review of Venezuela's election results on Monday (July 29) after President Nicolas Maduro and opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez both claimed victory in a tense weekend election.
    Nine Latin American governments will call for an emergency meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) permanent council, according to a joint statement published on Monday.
    The governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, the Dominican (July 28) Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay express "profound concern" over Sunday's election, according to the statement.
    The national electoral authority said just after midnight that Maduro had won a third term with 51% of the vote - a result that would extend a quarter-century of socialist rule.
    But independent exit polls pointed to a big opposition win following enthusiastic shows of support for Gonzalez and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on the campaign trail.
    Maduro has presided over an economic collapse, the migration of about a third of the population, and a sharp deterioration in diplomatic relations, crowned by sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union and others which have crippled an already struggling oil industry.
    (Production: Jorge Vega, Juan Bustamante, Liamar Ramos, Bernat Parera)
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