Venezuelans abroad on Thursday continued to rally over a disputed
presidential election result in their home country which has sparked
deadly protests and a diplomatic fallout with countries usually friendly
to President Nicolas Maduro's now joining in calls for authorities
to release detailed vote tallies and the US announcing it
would recognize the opposition candidate as the election winner.
Electoral council on Monday declared Maduro the winner of the
July 28 election with 51% of the vote. But
the country's opposition says their candidate Edmundo Gonzalez received more
than double the support of the incumbent president. According
to the tallies, they were able to access and
have made public. The government has so far not
shared any data beyond a national total of votes for
each candidate sparking of fraud from the opposition. On
Thursday, the presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia
agreed over a call to push Venezuela for transparency in
a joint statement. They said we call on the
electoral authorities in Venezuela to move ahead quickly and let
itemized ballot box level results be known publicly. They
added they were willing to support efforts for dialogue and
urged against any escalation violence. Their statement comes as
Venezuela's ties with other nations. Fray over election related
criticisms. Venezuela has expelled diplomats from at least seven
countries that includes Peru whose embassy and consular in Caracas
were seen empty. On Thursday. Lima has recognized
Gonzalez as the election winner and also ordered Venezuelan diplomats
out of its country. Venezuelan electoral authorities to come
clean after days calling for Venezuela to come clean on
the vote count. Washington said Thursday it rejected Maduro's
claim to a third term as President Us Secretary of
State Antony Blinken said in a statement given the overwhelming
evidence. It is clear to the United States and
most importantly to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo Gonzalez or
won the most votes in Venezuela's July 28th presidential election
. The country's Supreme Court on Thursday accepted Maduro's request
to verify the election results. The head of the
Supreme Justice Tribunal told state TV presidential candidates will be
presenting their vote tallies to the court on Friday.
The country is bracing for more demonstrations with opposition leader
Maria Corina Machado calling for mass rallies on Saturday morning
. In a video posted on social media, she
said they were to back the more than 1000 people
who have been jailed for protesting while urging her supporters
to stay firm, organized and mobilized