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Dorothy Kronick, August 22, 2024
"I investigate data published by the campaign of Edmundo González Urrutia, principal opposition candidate in Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election. The campaign claims that these data reflect actual votes cast on election day, while the Venezuelan government claims that the data are fake and that incumbent Nicolás Maduro won the election..."
Yoletty Bracho, NACLA Report on the Americas, August 19, 2024
""Everyone knows what happened” is the phrase that was on the lips of Venezuelans when the results of the presidential election were announced after midnight on July 28 (so it actually was July 29). Elvis Amoroso, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), reported that President Nicolás Maduro had won with 51.2 percent of the vote, and Edmundo González Urrutia, the candidate for the mainstream opposition, trailed behind with 44.2 percent..."
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