These outcomes present Gonzalez Urrutia receiving 67 per cent of the vote, largely consistent with pre-election polling.
“This message is for you, who don’t acknowledge your self in in the present day’s Venezuela, who’re bored with having your loved ones separated, who voted and need what you selected Jul 28 to be revered,” Machado mentioned on X, which Maduro has sought to ban briefly within the nation.
“See you subsequent Saturday the seventeenth on the Nice World Protest for the TRUTH,” she added.
Machado has known as for Maduro to enter into negotiations with the opposition, telling AFP that her workforce would supply “ensures and incentives” for a “negotiated transition” which sees him go away workplace.
NATIONAL COLLAPSE
Since coming to energy in 2013, Maduro has overseen a nationwide collapse, together with an 80 % drop within the once-wealthy oil-rich nation’s GDP, amid home financial mismanagement and worldwide sanctions.
In accordance with the United Nations, greater than seven million Venezuelans have fled the nation of 30 million since 2013, principally to different Latin American international locations and america.
The disputed election sparked protests which have left no less than 24 individuals lifeless, in keeping with rights teams, with greater than 2,000 arrested.
Venezuela’s Supreme Court docket – extensively seen as aligned with Maduro – summoned all presidential candidates earlier than it, although Gonzalez Urrutia refused to attend, saying he risked his freedom by showing on the venue.
