Leader says ‘perverse and macabre’ electoral rivals are stoking protests as US official calls for governments to acknowledge Edmundo González Urrutia as election winnerNicolás Maduro has gone on the offensive after suspicions that he stole last Sunday’s presidential election plunged Venezuela into turmoil and diplomatic isolation, blaming the unrest on a far-right conspiracy being spearheaded by “perverse and macabre” political foes.Addressing foreign journalists at the presidential palace in Caracas – as international condemnation of the allegedly rigged election grew – Venezuela’s authoritarian leader struck a defiant note. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/venezuela-election-results-nicolas-maduro-protests-gonzalez-machado
Author : Tom Phillips in Caracas and Lauren Gambino in Washington
Publish date : 2024-08-01 02:08:59
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Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro blames unrest on far-right conspiracy as isolation grows
