Kamala Harris asked the military in Venezuela to protect “the people from threats and attacks”

US Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris sent a letter to opposition leaders in Venezuela urging the military to protect citizens and the international community to put pressure on them. so that the electoral authorities deliver the minutes that show that Nicolás Maduro won re-election in the elections of July 28, 2024.

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The Democratic candidate for the presidency in the November 5 elections warns that a militarized response will only lead to deepening the crisis facing the country after the National Electoral Council (CNE) certified that According to the letter to which the Miami Herald newspaper had access, Maduro had defeated Edmundo González Urritia, the opposition candidate, at the polls.

“I strongly urge Venezuela’s security forces to show restraint, “Respect the human rights and freedom of expression of all Venezuelans and protect the Venezuelan people from political threats and attacks,” Harris said in the letter.

Last week, the vice president sent the communication to María Corina Machado y González, leaders of the opposition.

In it too asked the CNE to maintain “the highest levels of transparency” and the international community to pressure this electoral authority to publish the election results.

The Democratic leader recalled in the letter that the violation of human rights and freedom of expression “only deepens the crisis and “hinders efforts towards a peaceful and democratic transition.”

He pledged that the U.S. will continue to “encourage parties in Venezuela to begin discussions about a respectful and peaceful transfer of power in accordance with Venezuelan electoral law.”

The opposition in Venezuela has claimed victory at the polls, but despite intense protests in the country and calls from the international community, The Maduro government has not published the minutes of the results to prove that Maduro won re-election.

The opposition published its electoral records with more than 80% of the voting tables and which showed González’s defeat of Maduro by a margin of more than 2-1.

However, on Thursday, August 22, the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), controlled by judges close to Chavez, confirmed the official results of the elections, which gave victory to Maduro, which has been pointed out as fraudulent inside and outside Venezuela.

Protests following the elections have left around twenty dead.

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