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Weekly Report - 01 August 2024 (WR-24-30)

Maduro clings to power amid evidence of electoral fraud

An entire generation of Venezuelans has never known anything other than a Bolivarian government in power. President Nicolás Maduro appears determined that the wait will go beyond a quarter of a century. The national electoral council (CNE) proclaimed Maduro the victor in presidential elections on 28 July but withheld the voting data from individual polling stations. The opposition has published evidence indicating that Edmundo González won by a landslide and that Maduro is attempting to consummate electoral fraud. Except for unconditional allies, such as Cuba, Bolivia, and Nicaragua, the rest of the region’s governments have either denounced fraud or urged the publication of the voting tallies. Widespread protests have been repressed, with at least 11 fatalities. Accusing the opposition of fomenting the protests in an attempt to oust him in a coup, Maduro has turned to the partisan supreme court (TSJ) to legitimise his victory.

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