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Concern grows as Venezuela blocks election observers

Socialist Maduro, 61, will seek reelection Sunday to a third six-year term amid accusations of opposition harassment by an increasingly authoritarian regime.

His government agreed with the opposition last year to hold free and fair elections in 2024, with international observers present — winning a temporary easing of sanctions from the United States.

But he since reneged on some of the conditions, and loyalist institutions barred opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from running against him.

On Friday, Panama said its former president Mireya Moscoso, as well as former leaders Miguel Angel Rodriguez of Costa Rica, Jorge Quiroga of Bolivia and Vicente Fox of Mexico, had their plane held up.

The group, which also included former Colombian vice president Marta Lucia Ramirez, got off to allow the plane, with many Venezuelan voters on board, to take off.

DancingBear ,

fair.org/…/as-venezuela-mends-ties-with-latin-nei…

gedaliyah OP , (edited )
@gedaliyah@lemmy.world avatar

Here’s the leading paper of record in Colombia. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts.

eltiempo.com/…/una-ong-denuncia-nuevas-detencione…

DancingBear ,

Had to translate from Spanish but to be honest I don’t know enough about current politics in Columbia to comment, or the reliability of this news site, but thanks for posting this article

gedaliyah OP ,
@gedaliyah@lemmy.world avatar

Well, you do know the reliability because I just told you it’s the paper of record in Colombia, and that’s easy enough to verify with a quick web search. Colombia has a leftist government, and the people generally express a strong kinship with Venezuela.

The article is about the dozens of arbitrary arrests and election persecution cases alleged since this morning.

AmidFuror ,

Comrade, you're posting this link to every story about this, but ever since Chavez the elections have been rigged. Sometimes socialists think their agenda is so important that no one else should be able to come to power.

Buelldozer ,
@Buelldozer@lemmy.today avatar

That was over a year ago, this is happening now.

TokenBoomer ,

Voice of America? Nobody asked for my opinion.

gedaliyah OP ,
@gedaliyah@lemmy.world avatar

I can’t tell if you’re actually joking about election interference, or if you have some bizarre critique of the source

TokenBoomer ,

The intent of the 1948 legislation was to protect the American public from propaganda by its own government and to avoid any competition with private American companies. Smith-Mundt Act

gedaliyah OP ,
@gedaliyah@lemmy.world avatar

The article is from the AFP wire. It says there right at the top if you just click on the link posted. Hope this helps.

Maeve ,

Yes, I'd like to hear from less USA/Western (USA bootlickers)-centric sources, myself. If this is true, winning by cheating isn't a win, and may prove to have unfortunate consequences. Of course, socialist or Communist winning anything may also have unfortunate consequences, especially when we (USA) send in the jackals.

gedaliyah OP ,
@gedaliyah@lemmy.world avatar

It’s from the AFP newswire.

It’s difficult to imagine a more credible source.

catloaf ,

It’s “Voice of America”, not “Voice of TokenBoomer”, so I don’t see an issue.

Also, it’s called that because it’s the official mouthpiece of the United States Government.

TokenBoomer ,

I’ll wait for China Radio International to tell me what to think./s

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