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In the second day after elections, the Maduro government of Venezuela has taken a posture of countermobilization, accusation, and diplomatic self-isolation while opposition protests alleging fraud ramp up.
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Yesterday saw widespread anti-government protests after the proclamation of Maduro as the victor in Sunday's election. Three people died in these protests. x.com/AFP/status/1818291958445428861
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The Chavista government is orchestrating peaceful protests and pro-government forces have engaged in confrontations as well. telesurenglish.net/venezuelas-national-assembly-calls-massive-march-to-miraflores-supporting-the-peace/?noamp=available reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-ruling-party-opposition-rally-supporters-election-dispute-2024-07-30/
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The elections represented a partial truce with the opposition, but government allegations that the opposition "hacked" electoral authorities, that the leading candidates were co-conspirators and that protests are either a coup or illegal subversion all mean that truce is over.
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Accredited election observers from the Carter Center have departed the country without validating the results. Carter and the UN both called for a release of electoral documentation or actas, so far withheld.
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Venezuela has suspended diplomatic ties with seven Latin American countries, including left-led Chile. telesurenglish.net/venezuelan-government-withdraws-the-diplomatic-personnel-from-seven-latin-american-nations/?noamp=available Chilean president Boric defended his call for electoral transparency.
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Brazil has issued a diplomatic advisory to its citizens in Venezuela and continues to press the Ven authorities to publish the actas.
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Meanwhile the opposition uploaded the fruits of its own monitoring effort, 73% of actas nationwide, to a website, which was immediately swamped with traffic. infobae.com/venezuela/2024/07/30/maria-corina-machado-publico-la-pagina-web-para-verificar-las-actas-de-votacion-de-la-eleccion-presidencial-en-venezuela/ caracaschronicles.com/2024/07/29/actas-the-key-documents-at-the-center-of-the-electoral-conflict/
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Overview from yesterday: x.com/CarwilBJ/status/1817976263614808441?t=eWvw7oQqbdxZAi81TVA6Mg&s=19