The Biden Administration finally awakened late last week to the obvious reality that Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is trying to steal another election. The question is whether the U.S. is willing to do anything other than stomp its feet in protest.
For days the State Department dallied in making a judgment even as Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) had refused to release tallies backing up Mr. Maduro’s claims that he had won. But the opposition had organized thousands of monitors at local polling stations who took photos of the tabulated results, and it has posted them online. They show a dominant opposition victory.
“Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo González Urrutia won the most votes in Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged on Thursday evening. The Organization of American States has also issued a statement acknowledging the opposition victory.
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