Alerta del Secretariado Permanente de la Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe para la Democracia (Redlad): Elecciones en Venezuela Abril, 2013. El Secretariado Permanente de la Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe para la Democracia (RedLad), plataforma de impulso a la democracia plena integrada por más de 480 organizaciones, en su rol [...]

CHAIRMAN MENENDEZ STATEMENT ON VENEZUELAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Calls for full audit and recount of the vote WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the Venezuelan presidential elections: “I urge the Venezuelan electoral body to conduct a full audit [...]

In a statement, the Organization of American States said that its secretary general expressed “support to the initiative to conduct an audit and a full recount of the ballots” Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) José Miguel Insulza on Monday endorsed a request of vote recount made [...]

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PRESS RELEASE For more information:                                                                                                                   April 15, 2013 Alex Cruz, 305-668-5994 Cellular 202-225-8200   Democratic Principles and Human Rights Continue To Be Under Threat in Venezuela, Ros-Lehtinen Says “Administration must not recognize these election results until a transparent and open review of the votes is conducted”   (WASHINGTON) –U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.  Statement by former US Ambassador to Venezuela Otto J. Reich The Venezuelan National Elections Commission (CNE, in Spanish) last night declared Nicolas Maduro to be the winner of the presidential election by a 50 to 49% margin.  Four of the five CNE members are appointees of the [...]

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Source: The Economist “A VOTE for Maduro is a vote for Chávez,” proclaims a banner slung across a veranda in the 23 de Enero housing project overlooking the presidential palace in Caracas. The slogan comes from La Piedrita, one of a dozen or so armed pro-government “collectives” that have carved [...]

Source: The Atlantic Venezuela’s first post-Chavez presidential election, taking place on April 14, has the unfortunate likelihood of suffering from the same shortcomings of the contest that occurred when Chavez was re-elected this past October: the vote was neither free nor fair but extraordinarily distorted by incumbent advantages and political [...]