Elections Venezuela, 2024, by Roger Harris
Category: Venezuela
Venezuela’s Electoral Council Repudiates Preliminary Report of UN Electoral Experts
The Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) expressed its disagreement with the preliminary report of the panel of experts of the United Nations (UN) on the presidential elections held on July 28. In a statement, the electoral body described the report as illegal and contrary to UN principles, “violating the terms of reference agreed with this … Read More
Media Coverage of Venezuela’s Presidential Election Normalizes US Interference
Peter Bolton, Roger D. Harris Corporate media’s coverage of Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election is akin to an investigation of a homicide that is focused not with identifying the murderer but with an unpaid parking ticket of the victim. Likewise, the media has shifted the narrative into the minutia of electoral procedures, ignoring the … Read More
An Attack on Venezuela’s Democracy
By Leonardo Flores A massive cyberattack, a global disinformation campaign and armed gangs are key elements in an attempted coup in Venezuela following presidential elections on July 28. The results of those elections, in which 10 candidates competed, saw President Maduro win 51.2% of the vote against opposition leader Edmundo González’s 44.2%, with 80% of … Read More
US Gov’t-linked Firm is Source of Exit Poll Claiming Venezuelan Opposition Won Election
By Ben Norton July, 29,2024 Venezuela’s opposition has claimed that it won the July 28 election, accusing President Nicolás Maduro of “fraud”. The supposed evidence that Venezuelan opposition leaders and their allies have cited to justify this claim is an exit poll produced by a firm that is closely linked to the US … Read More