Colombia will not recognize Maduro if voting records are not released before January

The Colombian Foreign Minister, Luis Gilberto Murillo, reiterated this Wednesday that his country will not recognize the new mandate of dictator Nicolás Maduro if he does not present the electoral records before January 10, 2025, the date on which his current presidential term ends.

“The position of the National Government remains clear: the presentation of the records must take place before the current presidential term ends on January 10, 2025. Otherwise, as President Gustavo Petro has already stated, Colombia will not grant recognition to the results,” affirmed Foreign Minister Murillo in a message posted on his X account.

“La postura del Gobierno Nacional sigue siendo clara: la presentación de las actas debe realizarse antes de que culmine el actual período presidencial, el 10 de enero de 2025. De lo contrario, como ya lo ha expresado el señor presidente (Gustavo Petro), Colombia no otorgará reconocimiento a los resultados”, afirmó el canciller Murillo en un mensaje publicado en su cuenta de X.  

Profesor Wasserman, la postura del Gobierno Nacional sigue siendo clara: la presentación de las actas debe realizarse antes de que culmine el actual período presidencial, el 10 de enero de 2025. De lo contrario, como ya lo ha expresado el señor Presidente, Colombia no otorgará… https://t.co/N8SWq9FU8t

— Luis Gilberto Murillo (@LuisGMurillo) October 30, 2024

On Sept. 25, Petro stated in an interview with CNN that Colombia and Brazil share a common position: “if the records are not presented, there will be no recognition.”

On Jan. 10, 2025, the presidential inauguration will take place in Venezuela. Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner of the July 28 elections by the National Electoral Council (CNE) and confirmed by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), both controlled by the regime.

On the other hand, the opposition maintains that Edmundo González, who had to go into exile in Spain due to constant threats from the regime, won the elections with 67% of the votes compared to 30% for Maduro.

Not only has Colombia reduced its relations with Venezuela, but the Brazilian government has also made it clear that "relations between both countries are not friendly."

Last week, it was revealed that both Venezuela and Nicaragua were excluded from the list of nations aspiring to be partners of the group of emerging countries known as BRICS.

The Brazilian government exerted political pressure to ensure that both countries were not included in the list of potential new members, reported the Brazilian media outlet TV Globo.

The former Nicaraguan ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Arturo McFields, described the decision as a "total humiliation" for the regimes of Daniel Ortega and Nicolás Maduro.