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.

  • @calcopiritusEnglish
    18•1 month ago

    Did the US remove sanctions on Pakistan on condition that they run fair elections? I ask because I don’t know. What I know is that they did so with Venezuela, and yet maduro didn’t run free elections.

    • @[email protected]English
      -4•1 month ago

      No the US backed a coup in Pakistan against Imrah Khan.

      Imran Khan did not want to get involved in the Russia-Ukraine war and the US wanted a Pakistani president who picked their side.

      • @calcopiritusEnglish
        6•1 month ago

        Then why would the US be as interested in the fairness of the election.

        The fairness of the venezuelan one was literally a condition of the deal.