The latest rejection comes as Venezuela’s opposition backed outside calls for the results of last week’s disputed presidential vote to be published, as the Pope said Venezuelans must “seek the truth” and warned against further violence.
The results published by Venezuela’s National Electoral Council on 2 August “cannot be recognised,” the EU Council said in a statement.
“Any attempt to delay the full publication of the official voting records will only cast further doubt” on their credibility, it said.
The country’s election authority says the 28 July vote was won by incumbent Maduro, a result that defied pre-election polls and ignited protests that rights group say have left 11 people dead so far and thousands arrested.
A growing number of nations, including the United States and Argentina, say the election was won by opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia.](Venezuela: EU joins U.S. and Latin American countries in refusing to recognize Maduro’s win in recent election over fraud allegations.)
Fuck Maduro, he managed to starve and impoverish his people despite having massive oil resources. What a sore loser.
Perhaps, ultimately, it was more because of having those massive oil resources. The richest and most successful countries tend to have few natural resources. Japan, to take an obvious example, has almost zero.