🇪🇺❗️🇻🇪🇻🇪 — The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, has urged the National Electoral Council of Venezuela to provide immediate access to the records of all polling stations; see the full statement below:

"I follow with great concern the situation in Venezuela after the presidential elections last Sunday.

So far, the National Electoral Council (CNE) has only presented the result corresponding to 80% of the count, without providing any sources or systems for verification. With this partial, unverifiable result, the CNE has proceeded to declare Nicolás Maduro the winner. In a democracy, results must be complete and independently verifiable to be recognized.

On the other hand, the data made available to the public by the opposition presents a radically different result from that announced by the CNE.

I reiterate that Venezuelan authorities must ensure transparency and integrity in the process through independent verification of the records of the polling stations.

The European Union urges the National Electoral Council of Venezuela to facilitate immediate access to the voting records of all polling stations. Until the authorities publish and verify the records, the announced results cannot be recognized.

The people of Venezuela have suffered from an unprecedented economic, political, and social crisis for many years. The EU has always maintained that the way out of this crisis is through electoral means, and that remains the solution.

In these difficult times, it is important to call for peaceful demonstrations and protests. Security forces must ensure full respect for human rights, particularly the rights to demonstration and assembly."

Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) 🖇

🇻🇪🇻🇪❌🇻🇪 — On Twitter/X, Far-Left journalist & senior staff writer of MintPress Alan McLeod claims he is stuck in a hotel in Caracas, along with hundreds of international election observers and journalists due to "attacks from US-Backed far right mobs backed by opposition figure Edmundo Gonzalez"

➡️ According to him, "they are blocking roads" and "attempting a violent coup" against Maduro.

➡️ According to him, also, "Far-Right mobs have blocked buses of international election observers" and "journalists from going to the airport and have rerouted them".

🔗 MintPress News (@MintPressNews)

‼️🇻🇪 Nicolás Maduro a couple minutes ago: "I hold you responsible, Mr. González Urrutia, for the criminal violence, for the injured, for the deceased, for the destruction, you and Mrs. Machado will be directly responsible. Justice has to come"

@FelipeChannel

🇻🇪🇻🇪❌👤❌ — In an emergency meeting with state advisors, Venezuelan regime leader Nicolás Maduro accused Elon Musk and global far-right groups of orchestrating an attempted coup in Venezuela:

"Behind this plan, I have denounced, is the U.S. empire, Colombian drug trafficking, Elon Musk, and the extremist fascist right of the world. They came against Venezuela because they thought they could take it based on social media campaigns.

All social networks are conspiring against Venezuela! What these people – the extremist opposition – have done reveals the terrible, decrepit face of fascism. These people intend to govern the country through violence, criminality, destruction, persecution, and death.

The battle of July 28 is the ultimate battle against fascism, against hatred, against intolerance, and against those who want to impose a civil war in Venezuela, a coup d'état, division, and confrontation among Venezuelans."

⁉️Maduro declared that these acts were carried out by direct "orders" from the "far-right leadership," particularly María Corina Machado and former candidate Edmundo González Urrutia.

🇨🇷🚫🇻🇪 — BREAKING: The Dominican Republic has decided to close its embassy and consulate general in Venezuela.

🇻🇪🇻🇪 — Nicolás Maduro: "Edmundo González, look at these thefts, these deaths. Is this your democracy? Or is this your fascism? We will imprison everyone, at least 15 years. From 15 to 30 years, and this time there will be no pardon! Pardon was for another time, but not anymore. We will imprison everyone! They will claim to be political prisoners, as this so-called Guaidó 2.0 has stated. He will also pay for his crimes."

🇪🇨❌🇻🇪🇻🇪 — Ecuadorian assembly member Anita Galarza has expressed her firm rejection of Nicolás Maduro's regime through her social media.

💬 In her message, Galarza denounced the lack of law and order in Maduro's Venezuela and expressed pride in not being admitted by his government, labeling it as a "Narco Dictatorship." She also expressed her support for María Corina Machado in the fight for a free Venezuela.

Anita Galarza (@AnitaMGalarzaA) on 𝕏 🖇

🇻🇪🇻🇪⛓🖥 — Nicolás Maduro: "It will take 1 day, 7 days, 30 days... But we will capture every last one to bring justice to the criminals. We have recorded videos of everyone, and we have saved all the material you share online. The Venezuelan internet is on our side, and we will identify everyone to be arrested!"

🇻🇪Police join protesters in Carabobo State

@FelipeChannel

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— Congratulations to whoever did this beautiful thing. Maduro was upset with Hugo Chávez's head being treated like trash. Congratulations to the king who did this 👑🤴

🇻🇪🇻🇪⛓🖥 — Nicolás Maduro:

"Answer, coward! Edmundo González Urrutia, are these your protests? You are criminals and terrorists, and we will work to condemn you. Those who did all this have already been captured.

Those who have not been... We have real-time information on everything you are doing, I receive this information on my phone. There is no international law to protect you. For the Venezuelan government, you are not political prisoners."

🇻🇪🇻🇪 — Nicolás Maduro: "This is the ultimate battle between the homeland of Venezuela and the fascist right with the destruction of our country! We are in a spiritual, historical battle and defending the nation comes first."

🇻🇪🇻🇪🤝🇷🇺🇨🇳 — Nicolás Maduro: "We have created a special commission to ensure the security of our social networks, with support from Russia and China, to inhibit attacks, poison, and hatred on our internet. We are working in the National Assembly on an organic law against crimes on social networks. Regulating this sector is our priority."

🇻🇪🇻🇪❌🇺🇳 — Maduro lashed out at the UN High Commissioner, Volker Türk:

"He went out to say what the Americans tell him (...) Either he is very misinformed or he is very malicious, which speaks very poorly of him. He supports a fascist and terrorist coup. I received him in my office... I am ashamed to have received him."

🇺🇸🇺🇸❗️🇻🇪🇻🇪 — Maria Elvira Salazar, U.S. Representative from Florida, stated that the United States may intervene if María Corina Machado or Edmundo González are arrested by the Chavismo:

"If Chavismo touches a hair on María Corina Machado or Edmundo González, the United States will ensure that justice reaches them very soon."

Rep. María Elvira Salazar (@RepMariaSalazar) on 𝕏 🖇

🇷🇺🤝🇻🇪❌🇺🇸 Kremlin Says Venezuela Opposition 'Must Accept' Defeat

The Kremlin on Tuesday said Venezuela's opposition must accept that it lost the presidential election, after protestors took to the streets to challenge official results that showed a victory for Nicolas Maduro.

"We see that the opposition does not want to accept defeat. But we believe it must do so," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

Moscow backs Maduro and President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated him on victory.

https://www.barrons.com/news/kremlin-says-venezuela-opposition-must-accept-defeat-0fd4ab9f

@FelipeChannel

🇻🇪🇻🇪⛓ — Regime agents kidnapped Ricardo Estévez, a technician from Vente Venezuela, an opposition party to Nicolás Maduro.

🇻🇪🇻🇪⛓ — ⚠️ BREAKING: Nicolás Maduro's regime has signed the arrest warrant for opposition leader María Corina Machado, according to TN - Todo Noticias