State Department: Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia “clearly” defeated Nicolas Maduro in the Venezuelan elections

The State Department’s top official for Latin American affairs, Brian Nichols, said Wednesday that Venezuela’s opposition candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, had “handily” beaten incumbent President Nicolas Maduro in Sunday’s election, as the campaign intensifies. international pressure to present evidence for the controversial re-election of the head of state. The Undersecretary of State responsible for Western Hemisphere Affairs added, during his speech at a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS), that the difference was “millions” of votes and proves the “undeniable” dominance of Mr. Gonzalez Urrutia, citing numbers presented by the opposition. Given “this count, the reason they (the authorities) refuse to release full results is obvious,” insisted Mr. Nicholas. Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced Monday that President Nicolas Maduro has been re-elected to a third term in office. The opposition, however, denounced “massive fraud” and countered that its own candidate, Mr. […]
Source: News Beast

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