Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "2018 Venezuelan presidential election" in English language version.
Also serving on the Security Council is South Africa, which was quick to note that President Cyril Ramaphosa extended his congratulations to Maduro earlier this month on the basis of Venezuela's self-determination in conducting its own elections. "A founding principle of South Africa's constitutional democracy, that we hold very dear, is the respect for the rule of law", said Ambassador Jerry Matjila, the South African representative to the council. "We are therefore deeply concerned by what is a clear attempt, in Venezuela, to circumvent the country's constitutional legal mechanisms which govern its elections".
Nicolás Maduro is expected to be re-elected president of Venezuela on May 20 in an election that most experts agree is a sham
According to Venezuela's constitution, a new six-year presidential term must begin in January 2019. While elections can be held any time before then, voting typically is held in the final three months of the year to avoid an extended transition.
An alliance of 14 Latin American nations and Canada, known as the Lima Group, released a statement Monday calling the vote illegitimate... The alliance includes Argentina, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Paraguay, St. Lucia, Guyana, Peru, Honduras, Guatemala and Costa Rica.
The vote, of course, is a sham. Support is bought via ration cards issued to state workers with the implicit threat that both job and card are at risk if they vote against the government. Meanwhile, the country's highest profile opposition leaders are barred from running, in exile, or under arrest.
La ofensiva se enmarca dentro del discurso más duro que ha adoptado el Presidente Sebastián Piñera, quien ha calificado al gobierno de Maduro como una "dictadura"
Many small Caribbean countries still depend on Venezuelan oil subsidies and will not a support any sanctions against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's regime. ... Only Bolivia, St. Vincent and Grenadines and Dominica voted in support of his regime.
My difference is one of strategy. Electoral boycotts almost never work. In country after country, opposition forces that abandoned the field of electoral competition have lost ground and allowed rulers to consolidate power. A comprehensive Brookings study of 171 cases of boycotting around the world found that 96 percent of the time, the movements promoting the boycotts did not see positive results.
