The US affirms that elections in Venezuela “do not reflect the will of the people”

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Sunday’s regional elections in Venezuela, in which the Chavismo of President Nicolás Maduro prevailed by an overwhelming majority, “They do not reflect the will of the Venezuelan people.”

”Arbitrary arrests and harassment of political and civil society actors, criminalization of opposition party activities, banning of candidates across the political spectrum, manipulation of voter lists, persistent censorship of voters The media and other authoritarian tactics practically stifled political pluralism and guaranteed that the elections did not reflect the will of the Venezuelan people. “, he claimed flash it’s a statement.

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The ruling Chavismo won the main municipality of Caracas and 18 of the 23 governorships in the Venezuelan elections, in which the opposition returned to participate after years of boycotts and calls for abstention.

“The Maduro regime once again deprived Venezuelans of their right to participate in a free and fair electoral process,” Blinken said.

The United States and 50 other countries do not recognize Maduro’s re-election in 2018 as fraudulent.

“Fearful of the voice and vote of Venezuelans, the regime greatly distorted the process to determine the outcome of this election long before the ballots were cast,” insisted the Secretary of State.

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