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#VENEZUELA: The US hesitates to condemn. Mary Anastasia O'Grady WSJ

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🗓️ 16 August 2024

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#VENEZUELA: The US hesitates to condemn. Mary Anastasia O'Grady WSJ

1902 Caracas

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0:00.0

This is CBSI in the world. I'm John Batchett.

0:07.8

Venezuela uniformly recognized that the election of July 28th for the presidency was corrupted by the regime

0:15.8

and that the opposition won the election overwhelmingly,

0:19.8

67% to 30%. However, right now the opposition is either in hiding on the run or detained, led

0:28.5

by a man named Edmondo Gonzalez Uruhta, who is the winner according to uniform opinions of nations such as Argentina

0:38.0

in the United States and the OAS and the European powers.

0:41.2

However, I welcome Mary An Stasia O'Grady writing the America's

0:45.8

column, America's editor of the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal to bring us up to date

0:51.0

on how the regime is responding to its corruption of the election.

0:56.3

Right now there are more arrests said to be 2,000 or more.

1:00.9

The new arrests include an opposition leader and a key figure in the

1:08.6

opposition and a former governor named Williams Davila all detained because of their association with

1:15.9

Edmondo Gonzalez Uruzha, the winner.

1:19.7

Marry a very good evening to you.

1:21.7

The most striking aspect I read and your column is filled with new

1:25.2

information about Venezuela and the trouble the Venezuelan people are in with the dictator

1:30.9

Maduro is that the United States, while recognizing that the election was corrupted and that the opposition won an open contest, is hesitating because, according to the State Department

1:44.8

spokesperson waiting on our partners Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.

1:49.9

Waiting for what Mary, good evening to you to well good evening John I think it's funny that

1:56.4

they choose as our partners Brazil Columbia and Mexico three countries in the

2:02.4

region that have alliances with Cuba and Venezuela.

2:07.0

Six other countries have actually recognized Gonzales-Rutia as the President-elect.

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