The aftermath of Venezuela’s contested election results
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Venezuelans cast their votes on Sunday, but the election has been clouded by reports of irregularities, including fraud and voter intimidation. While the National Electoral Council has declared current president Nicolas Maduro the winner, the opposition party continues to claim that their candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, has won.
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- Ana Vanessa Herrero (@AnaVHerrero), Reporter at Washington Post
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, a split decision in Venezuela. |
| 0:15.0 | They wanted to participate in what they said was the biggest demonstration of democracy so far in the past |
| 0:22.9 | 10 years for them. |
| 0:25.2 | Both sides claimed victory in a contested presidential election. |
| 0:29.9 | But would President Nicolas Maduro ever accept defeat? |
| 0:35.3 | I'm Kevin Horton, and this is The Take. |
| 0:44.8 | After two terms and 11 years in power, the Venezuelan president faced his toughest contest yet. |
| 0:52.1 | His challengers at Mundo Gonzalez, a 74-year-old former diplomat who has |
| 0:57.0 | attracted significant support, drawing crowds of thousands. Polls show him trailing challenger |
| 1:03.1 | Edmundo Gonzalez-Eritia by a large margin. Gonzalez was an obscure retired diplomat with no |
| 1:09.6 | political aspirations until a coalition of opposition |
| 1:13.2 | parties picked him as its candidate. |
| 1:16.1 | According to some polls, Gonzalez was taking the lead and said to win. |
| 1:21.3 | But then... |
| 1:22.3 | President Nicholas Maduro has been declared the winner of Sunday's election. |
| 1:26.9 | That's according to the country's national electoral council. |
| 1:31.1 | Immediately when that happened around the area from where I was covering this news, |
| 1:38.1 | just chanting erupted, yelling, scream, saying, it's not true. That didn't happen. |
| 1:49.0 | Anna Herrero is a journalist based in Caracas, Venezuela. |
| 1:52.0 | We spoke to her early the next morning on only a few hours of sleep, |
| 1:57.0 | and she told us her Election Day story, one she experienced as both a journalist and as a voter. |
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