Venezuela’s Supreme Court Certifies Maduro’s Reelection

Facts

• The Supreme Court of Venezuela certified the official results of the contested July 28 presidential election and confirmed Pres. Nicolás Maduro as the winner, following an expert report that found results to be consistent with tally sheets from polling booths.^[1][2]
• The top court further stated that tallies the opposition published online — allegedly proving that Edmundo González Urrutia won the vote — were fraudulent, and Venezuela's attorney general announced Friday he would summon the opposition leader over the creation of a website to upload the documents.^[3][4][5]
• The country's electoral authority declared Maduro the winner with 51.95% of the vote, but the opposition claims that tallies indicate González won with 67% of the vote. According to the opposition, a QR code on each tally sheet makes it easy to verify their authenticity.^[6][7][8]
• China and Russia are among nations that have recognized the official results, but G7 countries and many others in Latin America have refused to do so as no detailed voting data has been published yet — a delay Caracas has blamed on an alleged hacking attack from North Macedonia.^[9][10][1]
• Election observers from the Carter Center and UN who were in Venezuela to monitor the vote said the election failed to meet basic standards of transparency. Anti-government protests erupted nationwide after Maduro was declared the winner, prompting thousands of arrests and some two dozen deaths.^[11][12][4]
• The Organization of American States (OAS) and the EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, as well as the Spanish government, rejected the ruling issued by Venezuela's supreme court on Friday, the same day that the US and 10 Latin American countries published a joint statement calling for an 'impartial and independent audit' of the vote.^[13][14][15]

Sources: ^[1]Associated Press, ^[2]teleSURenglish, ^[3]Wsj, ^[4]BBC News, ^[5]Últimas Noticias, ^[6]Bloomberg, ^[7]Reuters, ^[8]EL PAÍS English, ^[9]RT, ^[10]Guardian (a), ^[11]New York Times, ^[12]Washington Post, ^[13]Organizaton of American States, ^[14]Guardian (b) and ^[15]Anadolu Agency.

Narratives

• Establishment-critical narrative, as provided by Venezuelanalysis. One may now definitively conclude any speculation and allegations about the result of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election. The Supreme Court's ruling unequivocally affirms Pres. Nicolás Maduro's reelection for a third term after a multinational team of experts examined electoral evidence and certified the results.
• Pro-establishment narrative, as provided by FOX News. As predicted, the regime-dominated Supreme Court sided with Nicolás Maduro and declared him the winner of last month's election. Maduro is doing what every tyrant does: restricting liberties, cracking down on the opposition, and stealing elections. Edmundo Gonzaléz won by a landslide and is the genuine president of Venezuela.

Predictions