🇧🇷🇺🇳⌛🇻🇪 — The Brazilian government stated that it will await the UN's position on the Venezuelan elections

🇧🇴🤝🇻🇪🌹 — The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, accepts the results of the Venezuelan elections and congratulates Nicolás Maduro's 'victory':

"We congratulate the Venezuelan people and President Nicolás Maduro on the electoral victory of this historic July 28. A great way to honor Commander Hugo Chávez. We have closely followed this democratic celebration and applaud that the will of the Venezuelan people at the polls has been respected.

We want to reaffirm our commitment to continue strengthening our bonds of friendship, cooperation, and solidarity with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, within the framework of the sovereign integration of our peoples and the shared goal of advancing towards a multipolar world."

Luis Alberto Arce Catacora (Lucho Arce) (@LuchoXBolivia) on 𝕏 🖇

🇬🇹⁉️🇻🇪 — The leftist president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, does not recognize the results of the elections in Venezuela:

"Venezuela deserves transparent, accurate results that reflect the will of its people. We received the results announced by the CNE with many doubts. Therefore, the reports from the electoral observation missions are essential, and now more than ever, they must defend the vote of the Venezuelans."

Bernardo Arévalo (@BArevalodeLeon) on 𝕏 🖇

🇷🇺💬🇻🇪 The presidential elections in Venezuela are trustworthy - the Russian Ambassador to the country Sergei Melik-Bagdasarov.

Moscow will further develop relations with Caracas, he added

🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇻🇪🗳📝 — So far, the only countries that recognized Venezuelan elections as legitimate:

➡️ 🇨🇺 Cuba, a Marxist-Leninist Regime
➡️ 🇧🇴 Bolivia, under a Democratic Socialist Government
➡️ 🇳🇮 Nicaragua, under a Sandinista/Marxist-Leninist Regime
➡️ 🇭🇳 Honduras, under a Democratic Socialist Government
➡️ 🇮🇷 The Islamic Republic of Iran, a Shia Theocratic Islamic Republic

🇷🇺 Russian Federation and 🇨🇳 People's Republic of China are likely to follow

🇺🇸📞🇻🇪 — United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Maduro announced so-called "Election victory":

"We have serious concerns that the results announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people... the international community is watching this very closely and will respond accordingly."

🌍⁉️🇻🇪 — See on the map the position of each country in Latin America – excluding the Caribbean – regarding the elections in Venezuela.

🟢 Countries that recognize Maduro's victory
🔴 Countries that do not recognize Maduro's victory
🔘 Countries that have not yet taken a position

🇵🇪❌🇻🇪 — Peru calls back its ambassador to Venezuela for consultations in light of the “serious official announcements by the electoral authorities”:

"Given the very serious official announcements by the Venezuelan electoral authorities, the immediate recall of the Peruvian ambassador accredited to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has been arranged."

Javier González-Olaechea (@J_GonzalezOFr) 🖇

🇵🇦❌🇻🇪 — Panama President José Raul Mulino officially does not recognize the results of the elections in Venezuela:

Panama joins the general rejection regarding the election of Venezuela. We aspired for the popular will to be respected and this situation was unknown. We will act individually and collectively in favor of Venezuelan democracy. We will announce the measures that we will adopt in accordance with the inter-American rules in the next few hours.

José Raúl Mulino (@JoseRaulMulino) 🖇

👨‍🚀 🇺🇸 🚀 No return date for Nasa astronauts amid problems with Boeing Starliner capsule

🔶️ Two Nasa astronauts on Boeing’s Starliner capsule will remain at the International Space Station with no official return date yet, Nasa and Boeing officials said on Thursday morning, as engineers continue to examine the technical problems with the spacecraft.

🔶️ Test pilots Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams first departed for the station roughly seven weeks ago, in early June, on a test mission that was meant to last about a week. But the capsule’s undocking was delayed because of faulty thrusters and small helium leaks that raised safety concerns.

🔶️ Last month, a spokesperson from Boeing said the helium leaks and most of the thruster problems had been “all stable and not a concern for the return mission”.

🔶️ Nasa and Boeing officials have said that the astronauts are not stranded and that the technical difficulties do not threaten the mission.

🔶️ “We’ll come home when we’re ready,” Steve Stich, Nasa’s commercial crew program manager said in the press conference, according to the Associated Press. He also acknowledged that backup options are under review, including using other capsules to get the astronauts home safely, which he said was a top priority.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/25/nasa-delay-return-boeing-astronauts