{"id":2315171,"date":"2024-07-29T03:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T07:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/both-candidates-claim-victory-in-venezuela-presidential-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T03:45:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T07:45:02","slug":"both-candidates-claim-victory-in-venezuela-presidential-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/both-candidates-claim-victory-in-venezuela-presidential-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Both candidates claim victory in Venezuela presidential election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboth-candidates-claim-victory-in-venezuela-presidential-election-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2315171&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Both candidates claim victory in Venezuela presidential election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>In a hotly contested and controversial presidential election in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Venezuela<\/a> on Sunday night, both the incumbent, Venezuela President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicolas-maduro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nicol&aacute;s Maduro<\/a>, and the opposition nominee, Democratic Unitary Platform candidate, Edmundo Gonz&aacute;lez Urrutia declared victory.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela&rsquo;s National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner on Sunday night, claiming he won more than 51% of the vote, according to multiple <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/venezuelans-vote-highly-charged-election-amid-fraud-worries-2024-07-28\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>. However, numerous exit polls revealed that Urrutia should have won. The election received significant attention and scrutiny as the world&rsquo;s leaders watched the South American nation&rsquo;s election with great interest.<\/p>\n<p>Previous communiques from the <a href=\"https:\/\/2017-2021.state.gov\/a-democratic-crisis-in-venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">State Department<\/a> labeled Maduro a corrupt dictator of an illegitimate regime in Venezuela. Many leaders expressed skepticism over Maduro&rsquo;s victory, CNN reported, concerned that it was a rigged election and the latest attempt by Maduro to remain in power despite strong opposition to his administration. Moreover, the opposition party claimed that polls showed that Maduro should have lost the election and lost in considerable fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Mar&iacute;a Corina Machado, a former presidential candidate disqualified for fifteen years in what many considered to be a corrupt act by Maduro&rsquo;s regime, is the current de facto leader of Venezuela&rsquo;s opposition party. In a news conference on Sunday, Machado claimed that their records revealed Maduro losing in a landslide, with 70% of the votes supposedly going to Urrutia and only 30% to Maduro. Recent polls before the election showed that Maduro was trailing by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/will-maduro-steal-another-election-in-venezuela-8b047b85\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over 20% in the polls<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The entire international community knows what happened in Venezuela and how people voted for change,&rdquo; Machado<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/29\/americas\/venezuela-election-maduro-winner-intl-hnk\/index.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> said after the election<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Machado vowed the opposition would keep fighting and &ldquo;defend the truth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Urrutia echoed Machado&rsquo;s sentiments, claiming Maduro&rsquo;s victory was fraudulent and that Maduro violated many rules.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After declaring victory, Maduro appeared at Venezuela&rsquo;s presidential palace to address supporters, Reuters reported. He denied any wrongdoing, said the country&rsquo;s election process was honest and transparent, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/venezuelans-vote-highly-charged-election-amid-fraud-worries-2024-07-28\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deemed his victory<\/a> &ldquo;a triumph of peace and stability.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Still, Machado and the opposition insisted they won and would persist in their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Venezuela has a new president-elect and it is Edmundo Gonzalez [Urrutia],&rdquo; Machado said. &ldquo;We won, and the whole world knows it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both candidates claim victory in Venezuela presidential election In a hotly contested and controversial presidential election in Venezuela on Sunday night, both the incumbent, Venezuela President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, and the opposition nominee, Democratic Unitary Platform candidate, Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez Urrutia declared victory. Venezuela\u2019s National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner on Sunday night, claiming he won<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2315172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24207615191802-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2315171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24207615191802-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}