Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“Back in August, a few weeks after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in a bid for reelection, his critics stirred a global outcry. Opposition leaders posted polling station results on social media suggesting the unpopular autocrat had lost in a drubbing. In cities around the world and within the South American country itself, people marched. They called it the ‘Great Protest for the Truth.’ That push for election integrity received new nudges this week. On Tuesday, the Biden administration recognized Venezuela’s main opposition candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, as ‘president-elect.’ Simultaneously, in neighboring Colombia, President Gustavo Petro called the July 28 election ‘a mistake.’ He had already declared the vote not ‘free.’ Those gestures follow recognition by the European Parliament in September of Mr. Gonzalez as ‘the country’s legitimate and democratically elected president.'” (11/20/24)