The incumbent president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, won 51.2 per cent of the vote after 80 per cent of the protocols were processed. This will be his third six-year term for the president in office, Venezuelan media reported.
Authorities said opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez had 44 per cent of the vote, although the opposition earlier said it had “reasons to celebrate” and asked supporters to keep watching the vote count.
Venezuela’s foreign ministry accused nine Latin American countries of conducting an “operation to interfere in the electoral process.” According to the ministry’s press release, the governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay are “trying to distort the peaceful expression of the will.”
This will be the third presidential term for Nicolas Maduro. He first took office as president on April 19, 2013. Argentine President Javier Milei has already said he will not recognise Mr Maduro’s victory. Meanwhile, Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez congratulated the Venezuelan president on his re-election.
Mr. Maduro has been in office as president of the state since 2013. The inauguration of Venezuela’s chief executive will take place on January 10, 2025, and his term of office will be six years.
