Maduro accused the influencers of trying to “destabilize” the country, referring again to the influencer Lele Pons, whom he had already accused of “conspiring” against him
The AP reviewed almost 24,000 images of the election records, representing the results of 79% of the voting machines
Three American citizens, two Spaniards and a Czech national are accused of planning to destabilize the South American country, according to a statement released by the Venezuelan interior minister
The Venezuelan opposition described the announcement by the National Electoral Council as fraudulent and promised to challenge the result
The opposition says all Venezuelans fulfilled their duty to vote and “now it is up to the international community to decide whether to tolerate a government that can already be demonstrated to be illegitimate”
The resolution, which sought greater transparency in the Venezuelan electoral process, was rejected due to the abstentions and absences of several member countries, including Colombia, Brazil and Mexico
The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said he was “scared” by Nicolás Maduro's comments regarding the subsequent election result
Venezuelans not only came together as an act of solidarity with their country, but also to ask for the help of the international community to find a path to democracy
On July 31, a previous resolution that demanded the immediate dissemination of the electoral records had failed in the Washington based intergovernmental Pan-American body
The G7 Foreign Ministers expressed their solidarity with the Venezuelan people and expressed their concern about the electoral results