Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William ChapThe leaders made baseless allegations Brazil, Luis Inacio Lula da Silvaand the Chile, Gabriel BoricThey will be CIA agents. Statement by Associate of Nicolás Maduro It was fueled by left-wing governments' criticism of Venezuela's electoral process.
“The rest of Latin America, co-opted by the CIA, has two spokesmen,” Sapp said in an interview, referring to Boric and Lula. Globovision. “Who is Borik and who is Lula.. Now there is a Supra CNE (National Election Council) The world?” he asked, referring to what he sees as attempts at outside intervention in Venezuela.
“Who is the speaker? (USA) Are they saying the most barbaric things against our country through the left? Mr Boric, following Lula”, he alleged.
“Lula was co-opted in prison. That is my theory. The same person who founded the PT who founded the labor movement in Brazil is no longer there,” he declared. “Lula, who was arrested for corruption, then rehabilitated as if he had done nothing, won the presidency, but he won, Mr. Lula, because the Electoral Court decided his victory”, he continued. “Lula is not the same person now that she got out of prison, she is not the same person for everything she is now accused of, not because of her physique or because of what she has expressed.”
Comparisons between electoral processes in Brazil and Venezuela are unfounded, but they are not unprecedented among representatives of Chavismo. Nicolás Maduro had already said that “no one was involved” when former President Jair Bolsonaro claimed fraud. The elections would have given the Brazilians and the courts a victory for Lula.
Contrary to what Nicolás Maduro's dictatorship claims, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) is an independent body distinct from Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), which is controlled by the regime.
In the Venezuelan case, the CNE declared Maduro's victory without presenting the polling data that would prove the results. On the other hand, the opposition parties released copies of most of the minutes. Documents analyzed by independent researchers attest to the success of Edmundo González in exile in Spain.
Faced with allegations of fraud, Nicolás Maduro's dictatorship has suppressed opposition protests and appealed to Venezuela's Supreme Court (STJ), which is aligned with Chavismo and never issues dissenting opinions. The court approved the CNE's decisions, but the minutes were not made public.
It is also the focus of the Brazilian government, Venezuela made the recognition of the results conditional on transparency in the number of elections. However, pressure from Brazil, aligned with Colombia, had no effect and efforts to mediate the crisis failed.
A election strained the relationship between Lula and Nicolás Maduro. Historical allies, they began exchanging barbs publiclyThe PT member's unprecedented criticism was lighter in tone than that adopted by other presidents in the region, such as Gabriel Boric.
Chile also came in the crosshairs of Venezuela's attorney general, accusing Chavismo of embezzlement. “Boric is a CIA agent. has been proven. He betrayed the martyred youth he had fought for. (Former President Sebastian) Piñera”, he said of the 2019 protests in Chile. “The real bastion of the left in Chile's recent history (Former Mayor Daniel) Jade. What did Poric do with him? He was imprisoned.”
