In an act with the ambassador, Maduro says that the TSE “was bothered” by the “truth” about the election

President Nicolás Maduro said this Saturday (27) that Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) was “bothered” by what he described as a “distorted version” of what he said about voting in different countries around the world.

The statement was made at an event to which the country’s diplomatic corps was invited. Brazil’s ambassador to Venezuela, Glivânia Maria de Oliveira, was at the event, but CNN did not confirm whether the diplomat was present in the room during Maduro’s speech.

While arguing that the Venezuelan electoral system is “the safest” in the world, the Venezuelan president once again spoke about Brazil. Last week, he had said that votes in Brazil are not audited.

“The Venezuelan electoral system is the safest system known. Sixteen audits. No one in the world should be bothered, because these days I said something about a country and they were bothered,” said Maduro, stating that the Brazilian Electoral Court “was bothered” by a “distorted version” of his speech that he said was published in Brazil. “But I told the truth. Where do they do 16 audits? Nowhere,” he added.

The speech takes place on the eve of the presidential election this Sunday (28) and during the visit of the special advisor to the presidency for international affairs, Celso Amorim, to Venezuela, to monitor the electoral process.

Upon arriving in Caracas on Friday night (26), the former foreign minister met with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil, who described the dialogue as “cordial.” This Saturday, he met with Jorge Rodríguez, president of the Venezuelan Legislature and head of Maduro’s campaign for these elections. Rodríguez is one of the strong names in Chavismo and one of the government’s main negotiators with the international community.

Amorim also met with Gerardo Blyde, head of the Venezuelan opposition’s negotiators with the government for the signing of the Barbados Agreement, at the end of last year.

Also on the agenda was a meeting with members of the Carter Center, an organization for the promotion of democracy founded by former US President Jimmy Carter, which has followed several electoral processes in Venezuela and is an observer of this Sunday’s election.

Lula’s advisor also met with José Luis Zapatero, former Prime Minister of Spain, and Leonel Fernández, former President of the Dominican Republic.