Mozambique: Will Criticisms of Venezuela’s Election Change How Mozambique’s Election is Seen?

Both the United States and European Union have been highly critical of the 28 July Venezuela presidential election. The Venezuela National Electoral Council (Consejo Nacional Electoral, CNE) declared Nicolás Maduro re-elected with 52% of the vote, against 43% for Edmundo González.

US secretary of state Antony Blinken said there was “overwhelming evidence” that González won. EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, announced that the European Council, the heads of state or government of the 27 EU…