The regional left has also called on Maduro to be more transparent, while Arce is alone.

Luis Arce remains alone in the region, even away from the region’s left. His support for Nicolás Maduro He distanced himself from allies such as Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva, Or the Colombian Gustavo Petro. All his South American colleagues condemn what is happening in Venezuela, and there are also left-wing forums demanding transparency after Maduro’s alleged fraud last Sunday.

Former Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernández and Colombian President Ernesto Samper have joined calls for the National Electoral Council (CNE) to Venezuela releases voting records, declaring Nicolás Maduro the winner.

This is actually the position taken by the Puebla Group, but there are objections Former Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. The Left ForumThe Movement for Socialism (MAS), of which both parties are members, has distanced itself from Maduro and called for transparency in Venezuela’s electoral bodies.

Fernandez and Samper are both Venezuelan election observers who are members of the Puebla Group. Zapatero and Chilean Marco Henriques Ominani are also They were part of the entourage of the Left Forum. The Chilean politician also asked the CNE to publish the minutes of the meeting.

All South American presidents – except Bolivia’s – have called for transparency in Venezuela’s vote count. All but Luis Arce do not recognize Maduro’s reelection. Not even South American leftist leaders like Gabriel Boric, from Chile; Lula Da Silva, from Brazil; or Gustavo Petro, from Colombia. Even worse are the presidents of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Ecuador, and Peru.

Yesterday, Luis Almagro, secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), urged Maduro to acknowledge his defeat in Venezuela’s presidential election or call for a new, more transparent vote. The European Union (EU), the US government and the United Nations (UN) have also taken the same position. Mexico, through its President Manuel López Obrador, pHe decided that the OAS should not interfere in Venezuelan elections because it was a “not very credible” entity.

Unlike the Carter Center, which has deployed 17 election experts in three Venezuelan states, The OAS, like the European Union, does not have a mandate to monitor the progress of the vote, except in Caracas. Unfortunately, the Maduro government implemented a “plan of repression during this electoral process, supplemented by actions aimed at completely distorting the electoral results.”

US President Joe Biden and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged: In a joint statement released by the White House, Nicolás Maduro’s government will immediately release the full election results. Announce the President’s victory in detail and transparently.

Biden and da Silva acknowledged that the situation in Venezuela “represents a critical moment for democracy in the Western Hemisphere,” according to the Washington statement.

The same statement indicated that both leaders were committed to “close coordination”” on the topic of Venezuela. Meanwhile, the Peruvian government recognized opposition figure Edmundo González as Venezuela’s president-elect.

“The left in the region is divided and they don’t know what to do with this unrecognizable creature called Chavismo. There are nostalgic leftists who think Venezuela is still in the Chavismo era. This is a more emotional left, and it can be said to be frivolous, but I don’t want to disqualify. I can understand such numbers Evo Morales is grateful for Chavismo. On the other hand, new leaders of the Latin American left, such as Boric and Petro, recognize that what is happening in Venezuela is different from the early days of Chavez’s rule,” argues Argentine political scientist José Natanson.

In Bolivia, Arce did not mention the situation that Venezuela is going through again. The only one who did so was Minister Eduardo del Castillo, who defended Maduro’s alleged victory through his social networks. “The political scheme that Venezuela is currently going through is nothing new. Countries are trying to plant the false idea of ​​”election fraud,” the pundit wrote.

– Oil and Silence
Colombian President Gustavo Petro did not comment until last night on what was happening in Venezuela following the election. The President arrived in Bogota yesterday from Paris, France, and requested a report on what was happening in Caracas.

– Conference of the Organization of American States
The Organization of American States (OAS) yesterday issued a statement condemning the “most extraordinary manipulation” of the Venezuelan presidential election. Today, the OAS Permanent Council will meet to analyze the Venezuelan results.