The US secretary of state insists Venezuelans' votes in the recent presidential election "must count".

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His intervention comes as the presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia all called on Venezuela to release the full details of last Sunday’s election.

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It has also attracted global criticism, with many governments around the world demanding the Venezuelan government release proof of the result.

The result has been recognised by Venezuelan allies China, Russia and Iran.

But, the US, European Union and other G7 countries have called on Mr Maduro’s government to release detailed voting data.

    • @NOT_RICKEnglish
      42•1 month ago

      I can post pictures too

      • @TokenBoomerEnglish
        -4•1 month ago

        Let’s bring it full circle:

        Now, you may notice that some of these people were elected, while one was not.

        • @NOT_RICKEnglish
          26•1 month ago

          Thank you for helping me make my point that posting a picture with politicians together is pretty meaningless. Anyone paying even the slightest attention to Venezuela knows Machado is a conservative. That doesn’t preclude the election from being rigged.

          • @TokenBoomerEnglish
            -15•1 month ago

            With such precedents, it is impossible to associate the image of María Corina Machado with that of a supposed positive change for Venezuela, an image she intends to present by claiming the status of an “outsider,” even though historically she has positioned herself as a political figure of the opposition establishment. The actors and influences that she promotes on Venezuelan soil come from outside the borders of the country and respond to political agendas in Florida and Washington DC. source.

            Marco Rubio and Rick Scott agree with you.

            • @NOT_RICKEnglish
              16•1 month ago

              Your source is bunk

              And when it’s not safe for political dissidents to live in their home nation it’s not uncommon for them to be sheltered by a foreign government. Shit, the Kaiser is the one that sent Lenin back to Russia.

                • @NOT_RICKEnglish
                  9•1 month ago

                  Yeah I don’t find that particularly palatable, but it’s still up to the people of Venezuela to decide who they want to lead them. This election result is a sham as far as it looks right now.

                  • @TokenBoomerEnglish
                    -6•1 month ago

                    It might be a sham. There’s not enough reliable information to determine thus far. But that hasn’t stopped foreign governments and media from muddying the waters. The people of Venezuela should decide who leads them, not outside agitators.

        • @volubleEnglish
          11•1 month ago

          Ahh, the US-Russia summit in Geneva in June 2021.

          U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose countries hold 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons, agreed at a June summit in Geneva to embark on an integrated bilateral ‘Strategic Stability Dialogue’ to lay the groundwork for future arms control and risk reduction measures.

          Reuters - U.S. and Russia say they held ‘substantive’ arms control talks in Geneva

          Simpler times.

    • AmidFuror
      28•1 month ago

      Please make your point explicit. Ronald Reagan and other right-wingers opposed the Soviet Union. Does that mean the Soviet Union should have remained intact and counter-revolutionaries in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland kept suppressed?

      • @PugJesusEnglish
        5•1 month ago

        Ronald Reagan and other right-wingers opposed the Soviet Union. Does that mean the Soviet Union should have remained intact and counter-revolutionaries in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland kept suppressed?

        Tankies like them would have loved that.

      • @TokenBoomerEnglish
        -10•1 month ago

        Sir, this is a Wendy’s in Caracas.