A The White House said it was “very clear” that the opposition candidate had won “more votes” in Venezuela’s contested presidential election and appeared to correct the situation after Joe Biden’s apparent agreement to hold new elections.
The US President “mentioned the absurd position of the [presidente cessante Nicolás] Maduro”, who “is not honest” about the result of the disputed presidential elections of July 28, assured a White House spokesperson, quoted by the France-Presse agency, shortly after the head of state responded “I am”, without further comment, when asked if he was in favor of new elections in Venezuela.
The confusion occurred when Biden briefly appeared before the press before boarding the presidential helicopter “Marine One”.
“It is very clear to the majority of the Venezuelan people, to the United States and to a growing number of countries that it was Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia who obtained the most votes on July 28,” the spokesperson said.
“The United States calls once again for the will of the Venezuelan people to be respected and for discussions to begin on a transition to a return to democratic norms,” he added.
The debate on holding new elections in Venezuela comes after Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva suggested today, during an interview with Radio T, that possible solutions to the post-electoral crisis in Venezuela would be the formation of a coalition government that includes members of Chavismo and the opposition or holding new elections.
Lula da Silva’s statements immediately provoked a reaction from the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who said, quoted by the Efe news agency, that he did not see it “as prudent” to call for new elections in Venezuela now.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro suggested for Venezuela a “national front” like the one that existed in Colombia in the 20th century, in which liberals and conservatives took turns in power as a “transitional” step towards a “definitive solution” to the political crisis, in an idea similar to that suggested by Lula da Silva about a coalition government.
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has already said that she was opposed to the possibility of repeating the elections.
Venezuela has been plunged into a new crisis since the National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed the re-election of socialist president Nicolás Maduro, a result contested by the opposition, which denounces electoral fraud and claims the victory of Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
The announcement of Maduro’s re-election for a third term sparked protests, with an official death toll of 25, 192 injured and 2,400 arrests.
After the elections in Venezuela, the governments of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico began contacts to find a solution to the crisis, a mediation effort that has, among others, the support of the United States.
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