"The Electoral Tribunal recognized Maduro as the victor, and the opposition has not yet. So, there is a process. I see the Brazilian press treating it as if it were the Third World War, but there is nothing abnormal.

When the minutes are presented and it is established that the minutes are true, we all have the obligation to recognize the electoral result in Venezuela. (...) Maduro knows perfectly well that the more transparency there is, the more chance he will have to govern Venezuela peacefully."