WH Has “Serious Concerns” About Venezuela Election

Axios reports:

The White House on Monday said it has “serious concerns” about the Venezuelan regime’s claims that President Nicolás Maduro won re-election on Sunday.

The election’s outcome could reverberate across the region and beyond as Maduro, who has been in office since 2013, has governed over a staggering democratic and economic collapse that has forced nearly 8 million Venezuelans to leave the country in the past decade.

“Quite frankly, we have serious concerns that the result as announced does not reflect the will and the votes of the Venezuelan people,” White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said in a briefing with reporters on Monday.

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The White House said it has “serious concerns” about the Venezuelan regime’s claims that President Nicolás Maduro won re-election on Sunday.https://t.co/4nG6AyTDC1

— Axios (@axios) July 29, 2024

#BREAKING: Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Maduro announced election victory:

“We have serious concerns that the results announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people… the international community is watching this very closely and will respond… pic.twitter.com/mhniy80mFM

— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) July 29, 2024