Thursday, May 3, 2018

Gustavo Tarre Briceño: On the Venezuelan Presidential Election

A few days ago in Lima, Peru, during the Summit of the Americas, the presidents of 15 countries and the vice president of the United States agreed on a declaration in which they made “an urgent call to the Venezuelan government to hold presidential elections with the necessary guarantees for a free, fair, transparent and democratic process, without political prisoners, including the participation of all Venezuelan political actors, and reaffirming that elections that do not comply with these conditions will lack legitimacy and credibility.”
It is highly probable that this call will not be heard by the government of Venezuela and, although it cannot be ruled out that the elections will be deferred for some political convenience, it is most likely that President Nicolás Maduro will be reelected for a new term of six years.
Before the election, we want to make some brief comments to make the Lima declaration more explicit:

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