Concern grows as Venezuela blocks election observers
Concern grows as Venezuela blocks election observers
Socialist Maduro, 61, will seek reelection Sunday to a third six-year term amid accusations of opposition harassment
Socialist Maduro, 61, will seek reelection Sunday to a third six-year term amid accusations of opposition harassment by an increasingly authoritarian regime.
His government agreed with the opposition last year to hold free and fair elections in 2024, with international observers present — winning a temporary easing of sanctions from the United States.
But he since reneged on some of the conditions, and loyalist institutions barred opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from running against him.
On Friday, Panama said its former president Mireya Moscoso, as well as former leaders Miguel Angel Rodriguez of Costa Rica, Jorge Quiroga of Bolivia and Vicente Fox of Mexico, had their plane held up.
The group, which also included former Colombian vice president Marta Lucia Ramirez, got off to allow the plane, with many Venezuelan voters on board, to take off.
Really loving the usual suspects coming in here to immediately play apologist. Fuck Maduro.
Yeah I can't say I know the political situation that well, but as of the end of 2023 the number of Venezuelans illegally crossing (47,000) had increased to just below the number of Mexicans (56,000.) It is a lot harder trip for the Venezuelans because they must cross the Darien Gap on foot, so something must be wrong in Venezuela.
You have to admit it's pretty interesting that OP went with a Voice of America source.
It's also pretty interesting that I've never seen VOA being posted until the election season decided to really kick off.
Can't speak for other situations but as spanish I must clarify that the reasons why the Spanish PP party "observers" were kicked out is because they lacked the proper VISA to be officially electoral observers and the proper invitation to act as such from the electoral authorities from Venezuela, which more than 1000 observers from the whole electoral field (some of them far right BTW) managed to get, because they followed the proper bureaucracy to get them. They traveled on a tourist VISA and when they got rejected they claimed in social media as if they were almost being kidnapped by Venezuelan authorities. An embarrassment for my country is what they are...
Comrade, you're posting this link to every story about this, but ever since Chavez the elections have been rigged. Sometimes socialists think their agenda is so important that no one else should be able to come to power.
This article explains how your opinion has been rigged
Here's the leading paper of record in Colombia. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
That was over a year ago, this is happening now.
Are you really that dense?
And so much has changed in a year
Voice of America? Nobody asked for my opinion.
It's "Voice of America", not "Voice of TokenBoomer", so I don't see an issue.
Also, it's called that because it's the official mouthpiece of the United States Government.
... I don't see an issue. Also, it's called that because it's the official mouthpiece of the United States Government.
Lol
I’ll wait for China Radio International to tell me what to think./s
I can't tell if you're actually joking about election interference, or if you have some bizarre critique of the source
The intent of the 1948 legislation was to protect the American public from propaganda by its own government and to avoid any competition with private American companies. Smith-Mundt Act
Yes, I'd like to hear from less USA/Western (USA bootlickers)-centric sources, myself. If this is true, winning by cheating isn't a win, and may prove to have unfortunate consequences. Of course, socialist or Communist winning anything may also have unfortunate consequences, especially when we (USA) send in the jackals.
It's from the AFP newswire.
It's difficult to imagine a more credible source.
Yes, the French are well-known for being "USA bootlickers."