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US officials voice ‘serious concerns’ over contested Venezuelan election results
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The Biden administration has called on Venezuela’s electoral authority to release detailed polling data to support its claim that Nicolas Maduro has secured a third six-year term; Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people; Venezuela’s electoral council, aligned with Maduro’s regime, formalized the results of the vote, effectively handing Maduro another six-year term; María Corina Machado, the opposition popular leader, asserted that her party’s candidate had won an 'overwhelming' victory and that the reported polling results were 'impossible'; Almost 8 million Venezuelans, roughly a quarter of the country’s population, have left the country over the last decade, exacerbating irregular migration to the U.S.; The Biden administration has attempted to curb the number of crossings through multiple initiatives, including introducing a new policy allowing Venezuelans to apply for entry to the U.S. from abroad and resuming deportations of Venezuelan migrants; Senior Biden administration officials defended their handling of Maduro’s government, including using economic incentives to entice Maduro to take steps aimed at moving the country towards democracy; The Biden administration has largely kept Trump’s economic penalties on Venezuela in place, but it has made some notable carveouts, including granting authorizations to select companies permitting them to operate in the country’s lucrative oil sector; Officials indicated that they would not revoke existing sanctions but that they would rethink their approach to Venezuela based on whether the government increases transparency surrounding the election.
#Venezuela #Election #NicolasMaduro #BidenAdministration #Migration #Sanctions
https://ruralradio.com/bull/abc_news/us-officials-voice-serious-concerns-over-contested-venezuelan-election-results-abcid07897f53/
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The Biden administration has called on Venezuela’s electoral authority to release detailed polling data to support its claim that Nicolas Maduro has secured a third six-year term; Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people; Venezuela’s electoral council, aligned with Maduro’s regime, formalized the results of the vote, effectively handing Maduro another six-year term; María Corina Machado, the opposition popular leader, asserted that her party’s candidate had won an 'overwhelming' victory and that the reported polling results were 'impossible'; Almost 8 million Venezuelans, roughly a quarter of the country’s population, have left the country over the last decade, exacerbating irregular migration to the U.S.; The Biden administration has attempted to curb the number of crossings through multiple initiatives, including introducing a new policy allowing Venezuelans to apply for entry to the U.S. from abroad and resuming deportations of Venezuelan migrants; Senior Biden administration officials defended their handling of Maduro’s government, including using economic incentives to entice Maduro to take steps aimed at moving the country towards democracy; The Biden administration has largely kept Trump’s economic penalties on Venezuela in place, but it has made some notable carveouts, including granting authorizations to select companies permitting them to operate in the country’s lucrative oil sector; Officials indicated that they would not revoke existing sanctions but that they would rethink their approach to Venezuela based on whether the government increases transparency surrounding the election.
#Venezuela #Election #NicolasMaduro #BidenAdministration #Migration #Sanctions
https://ruralradio.com/bull/abc_news/us-officials-voice-serious-concerns-over-contested-venezuelan-election-results-abcid07897f53/