The stakes have grown higher for Venezuela’s electoral authority to show proof backing its decision to declare President Nicolás Maduro the winner of the country’s presidential election after the United States recognized opposition candidate Edmundo González as the victor, discrediting the official
The other South American countries agree that Maduro’s government should release detailed vote counts to independently verify the results.
Delaying the provision of this information reflects poorly on the trustworthiness of the results provided by the Electoral Commission.