Mexico will recognize Venezuela's communist regime vote count, says other countries should not interfere

Mexican officials said they will recognize the official election results certified by the communist regime Sunday night, which asserted that dictator Nicolás Maduro was the victor, according to a report published by Barron’s.

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would recognize the official result from the regime’s election certification body, the National Electoral Council (CNE).

Shortly after polls in Venezuela closed, CNE said that Maduro had won re-election with 51.2 percent of votes despite vote tallies collected by the opposition showing their candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, ahead by 73.2%.

The discrepancies have so far resulted in allegations of fraud from opposition leader Maria Cochina Machado and has resulted in several Latin American governments calling for an investigation.

On Tuesday, ADN America reported that several Latin American leaders called for an emergency meeting at the Organization of American States, a decision the Mexican president has dissuaded.

“Don't the governments of other countries ... have things to do? Why do they have to get involved in the affairs of other countries? Why the interference?” told reporters at the National Palace in Mexico City.

“It is a matter of waiting for the results and also respecting the self-determination of the people,” Lopez Obrador

Later, Mexico's foreign ministry said its governmental apparatus was on pause, waiting for a final vote tally, and expected “detailed reports” from Venezuela.

"Mexico trusts that the will of the Venezuelan people expressed at the polls will be respected through a transparent counting process,” a statement from the Lopez Obrador’s office said.

“If the electoral authority confirms this trend, we will recognize the government elected by the people of Venezuela,” Lopez Obrador said during a press conference.

The Mexican president’s willingness to accept Maduro’s vote count is in stark contrast to most other Latin American leaders who have publicly expressed their mistrust about the regime’s declarations of victory.

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Peru, Uruguay and the Dominican Republic have all cast serious doubts about the CNE’s published results, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. has “serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people.”