West hits pause on fresh measures against Venezuela’s Maduro
Houston, US/Washington DC, US/Brasilia, Brazil Reuters More than two weeks after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed re-election victory, the US and other Western countries are showing little sign of swift tough action over what many of them have condemned as voting fraud. Most governments have demanded that Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) release a full […]
Brazil, Mexico and Colombia call for Venezuela to release full vote tallies
Caracas, Venezuela/Brasilia, Brazil Reuters The presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia called for Venezuela to release detailed voting tallies on Thursday, amid a dispute over presidential election results that has sparked protests. Venezuela’s electoral council proclaimed Maduro, who has been in power since 2013, the winner of the 28th July election with 51 per cent […]
Updated: Venezuela opposition has 73 per cent of vote tallies, says its victory is irreversible
Updated: 11:15am (AEST) Caracas/Maracaibo/Maracay, Venezuela Reuters Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Monday that the country’s opposition has 73.2 per cent of the voting tallies from Sunday’s election, allowing it to prove election results it says give it a victory. The national electoral authority has proclaimed incumbent President Nicolas Maduro the winner of […]
Venezuela’s Maduro, opposition each claim presidential victory
Updated: 4:30pm (AEST) Caracas, Venezuela Reuters Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez were each claiming victory in a presidential election on Monday morning, after a vote marked by accusations of underhand tactics and isolated incidents of violence. The country’s electoral authority said just after midnight on Monday that Maduro had won […]
Angola ruling party close to victory in divisive election
Luanda, Angola Reuters Angola’s ruling party has a solid majority after nearly all votes were counted in a national election, the electoral commission said on Thursday, but the main opposition party has cast doubt on the results of the divisive poll. The MPLA’s likely win would give President Joao Lourenco a second five-year term in […]