THE White House insisted on Tuesday that the Venezuelan authorities They must publish the results of the votes in the July 28 elections as soon as possible. and avoided announcing new sanctions against the government of the president of that country, Nicolas Maduro.
“What we are waiting for is to see if Maduro makes the right choice and publishes the results of the elections so that the Venezuelan people can see if his will has been carried out. This is what we want to see and we want to see it now.” said John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, during a telephone news conference.
About the imposition of new sanctionsKirby said the administration Joe Biden could take such measures in the future, but avoided giving further details. “We have imposed sanctions on the Maduro government and we will not hesitate to do so in the future if we deem it necessary,” the spokesman said, while stressing that “what needs to happen now is for Maduro to do the right thing, stop intimidating the opposition and publish the election results.
The United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenregretted on Monday that the opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiawhich the United States considers the winner of the elections, had to go into exile in Spainsomething he attributed to Maduro’s “anti-democratic measures.”
The anti-Chavista requested asylum in Spain, considering that In Venezuela he suffered political and judicial persecution. after the presidential elections of July 28, in which the National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed Maduro’s victory without publishing the results of the votes.
