CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Carter Center said it was unable to verify the results of Venezuela’s presidential election, blaming authorities for a “complete lack of transparency” in declaring Nicolas Maduro the winner without providing any individual polling tallies.

The statement Tuesday night by the Atlanta-based group is perhaps the harshest rebuke yet of Venezuela’s chaotic election process because it comes from one of just a handful of outside groups invited by the Maduro government to observe the vote.

“The electoral authority’s failure to announce disaggregated results by polling station constitutes a serious breach of electoral principles,” the Carter Center said. The group, which had a technical mission of 17 experts spread out in four cities across Venezuela, added that the election did not meet international standards and “cannot be considered democratic.”

  • Flying SquidM
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    143 months ago

    The Carter Center is not the U.S. government. In any way.

      • Flying SquidM
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        93 months ago

        That’s literally not how anything works.

        Human Rights Watch is in the U.S. Are they bad?

        Jewish Voices for Peace, which has been doing great work opposing Israeli genocide, is in the U.S. So I guess genocide is good?

          • Flying SquidM
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            93 months ago

            Sorry, I thought you were serious. Poe’s law and all.