Our goal is to guarantee that the votes of Venezuelans are respected

He American Secretary of State, Antony Blinkenurged on Monday to guarantee that the will of Venezuelans, expressed on July 28 in the presidential elections, is respected.

«If today we have a single objective, it is to guarantee that the will and votes of Venezuelans are truly respected.“said Blinken, and assured that Nicolás Maduro does “everything in his power” to deny Venezuelans the right to know what the true results of the elections were.

He recalled that Venezuelans went out to vote in the presidential elections, overcoming all the obstacles imposed by the ruling party, in a figure that is considered “historic.”

He also condemned, reviewed As Isthat the electoral authorities have not published the results of the elections in detail as required by law and stated that the National Electoral Council (CNE) “He manipulated the results” to give Nicolás Maduro the winner.

Blinken reiterated that his “job is to ensure that the voices of Venezuelans are heard.”

Maduro’s government rejects Blinken’s statements

The Maduro government on Tuesday called the Secretary of State a “charlatan” and urged the United States to deal with its “serious problems.”

In a statement, the Maduro Executive expressed its “strong” rejection of the “latest statements” of the US official, who is, according to Caracas, “stuck in a false and monotonous narrative against the will of the Venezuelan people” and “insists in their complicity with the violent far-right extremists who have wanted to do so much damage” to the Caribbean country.

In the government’s opinion, the “obsessive politics” of the Monroe Doctrine and Washington’s “neocolonial and imperial conduct” are “the bases of support for fascist groups in the constant attacks against Venezuelan institutions, including media manipulation and social networks.” “, the use of mercenaries and attempts at assassinations and destabilization.”

“All these actions have been and will continue to be pulverized through the full exercise of revolutionary democracy,” said the Chavista Executive, who urged the United States to desist “once and for all from the constant interference in the affairs of Venezuelans.” .