María Corina Machado, a prominent Venezuelan opposition leader, revealed that her team has established a parallel electronic vote counting system, asserting that Edmundo González Urrutia, not socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, was the true winner of Sunday’s elections. This announcement comes amid heightened tensions and accusations of electoral fraud.
Machado highlighted that her team had been working tirelessly since Sunday evening, saying, “From yesterday at six in the afternoon, it’s been 24 hours of uninterrupted work. The regime slept worried. We didn’t sleep.” She explained that the opposition’s web-based system allows citizens to verify their vote by entering national identification numbers or searching for specific polling stations.
According to Machado, with 73% of votes counted, the results indicated that González Urrutia had won across all Venezuelan states. “The difference was in all the states of Venezuela. In all states, in all sectors,” Machado claimed, noting that “world leaders” were already accessing the results through their portal.
González Urrutia, who has been supported by Machado’s team, expressed confidence in the results. “We have in our hands the records that show our categorical and mathematically irreversible triumph,” he said, extending gratitude to the international community for its “solidarity and support.” He emphasized the importance of fighting for freedom, stating, “A free people is a people that commands respect, and we are going to fight for our freedom.”
In contrast, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council reported early Monday that incumbent President Nicolás Maduro had secured 51.2% of the vote with 80% of ballots counted, granting him a third consecutive term. The official results attributed 44.2% of the vote to González Urrutia.
The Venezuelan government, under Maduro’s leadership, has faced criticism for its handling of a severe economic and humanitarian crisis, which has been exacerbated by U.S.-led sanctions. Maduro’s administration has also been accused of significant human rights abuses, including torture and extrajudicial killings.
Amid these developments, Machado reported that armed individuals were present at the Argentine embassy in Caracas. “We have received reports of armed, hooded people” and police at the embassy’s entrance, she said. This situation follows the asylum requests made by six of Machado’s aides in March, who were facing arrest warrants for conspiracy. The Venezuelan government had denied their exit from the country.
Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli, one of the aides, posted on social media that Venezuelan security forces appeared to be planning an entry into the embassy around 6:45 p.m. local time.
Machado, despite winning the opposition primary, has been barred from running for office due to her alleged involvement in attempts to persuade the U.S. to impose sanctions on Venezuela and her support for a potential military intervention in the country.
Cuba, China, and Russia have all congratulated Maduro, while Brazil’s far-left government has been mum on the dictator stealing the election from the Venezuelan people.
We will soon be Venezuela if the Dems win!!