CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called on Venezuela’s government to release detailed voting data from the presidential election.
CARACAS, Venezuela — U.S. President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called on Venezuela’s government to release detailed voting data from the presidential election.
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, standing atop a truck in Caracas, called on the National Electoral Council, which is loyal to the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, to release the voting tally sheets produced by every precinct after polls closed, asking, “Why don't they publish them?”
“And remember this figure, when the tally sheets are counted, yours truly will have more than 8 million votes,” González said, flanked by his wife and Machado, who has been barred from running for political office for 15 years. “We are going to begin the reconstruction of Venezuela.” In Washington, the National Security Council said the United States continues to monitor Venezuela following the election, and urged authorities to release “full, transparent, and detailed voting results.”
More than 7.7 million Venezuelans have left the country since 2014, the largest exodus in Latin America's recent history. Long lines started to build Tuesday outside supermarkets and other stores in Caracas that sell food and essential supplies, in apparent anticipation of a prolonged period of demonstrations that could lead to food shortages.
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