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Nicolás Maduro: Venezuela's President for third term

The National Electoral Council declared Nicolás Maduro winner with 51% of the vote, while opposition candidate Edmundo González received 44%. Maduro seeks a third term as president, while the opposition focuses on economic security and stability.

Election Results and Controversy

  • National Electoral Council declared Nicolás Maduro winner with 51% of the vote
  • Opposition candidate Edmundo González received 44%
  • Results based on 80% of voting stations tallied
  • Opposition claims victory, citing their own tallies showing González winning by a landslide
  • Delay in announcing results (6 hours after polls closed) raised suspicions
  • Opposition unable to immediately challenge results due to lack of complete voting acts

Candidates and Campaign Highlights

  • Nicolás Maduro seeking third term as president
  • Edmundo González, a retired diplomat, as surprise opposition candidate
  • González replaced María Corina Machado, who was barred from running
  • Nicolás Maduro's campaign focused on economic security and stability
  • Opposition emphasized job creation and attracting Venezuelan expatriates back home
  • Election date set to coincide with Hugo Chávez's would-be 70th birthday

Nicolás Maduro Moros: A Venezuelan Political Figure

  • Born in 1962 in Caracas, Venezuela
  • Raised as a Roman Catholic and a follower of Indian Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba.
  • Married twice: Adriana Guerra Angulo and Cilia Flores.
  • Began political career in the 1980s as an unofficial trade unionist.
  • President since 2013 and subject to protests, constitutional crises, and presidential crisis since 2019.

Economic and Social Context

  • Venezuela sits atop world's largest oil reserves
  • Country experienced severe economic crisis under Maduro's rule
  • Hyperinflation, widespread shortages, and mass emigration of 7.7 million Venezuelans
  • U.S. economic sanctions further deepened the crisis
  • IMF forecasts 4% economic growth for 2024, but most Venezuelans haven't seen improvement
  • 82% of Venezuelans live in poverty, with 53% in extreme poverty

International Reaction and Concerns

  • U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris expressed support for Venezuelan people's voice
  • Concerns about fairness of the election process
  • Maduro government controls all public institutions, including the Supreme Court
  • Accusations of past vote rigging, denied by the government
  • Regional nations and the U.S. voiced skepticism about official results
  • Opposition called on military to uphold election results

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