Crisis after elections: Maduro says US should stay out of Venezuela's problems

The winner of the Venezuelan presidential elections, Nicolás Maduro, says that the United States of America "should get its nose out of its country, because it is a sovereign people that governs Venezuela, that puts, chooses, says and decides".

In a statement issued by the US Secretary of State, the US administration announced that it had concluded, based on "overwhelming evidence", that González Urrutia was the winner of the July 28 presidential elections in Venezuela, according to the international press.

US Secretary Antony Blinken said he considered the vote count presented by the opposition, led by María Corina Machado, to be valid. It represents 80% of the polling stations and shows that González Urrutia "received the majority of the votes with an insurmountable margin".

Blinken recalled that the counts were "received directly from polling stations across Venezuela" and corroborate the exit polls and the conclusions of independent observers and quick counts.

"Since election day, we have consulted intensively with partners and allies around the world and, although each country has taken different paths to respond, none has concluded that Nicolás Maduro received the majority of votes," he said.

The Venezuelan opposition has determined, on the basis of independently obtained tallies, that Edmundo González obtained around 70% of the votes, against around 30% for Maduro.USA,

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