🇻🇪🇻🇪⛓ — Diosdado Cabello threatened new arrests: "We are going after the intellectual authors, those who have caused this entire situation of violence."

🇻🇪⁉️🖥🔽 — The Spanish profile VPITV reported an internet service outage with Cantv and Movilnet, starting at 4:40 am and ending at 6:20 am (Venezuela time). The causes are still unknown.

"The impact was nationwide, with connectivity dropping to 31% of its normalized value. At this time, there is no official explanation for the incident."

🇲🇽🇧🇷🇨🇴 — Mexican President López Obrador has confirmed a conversation today with his counterparts from Brazil and Colombia, Lula da Silva and Gustavo Petro, to discuss the situation in Venezuela.

💬 "We are going to talk about the positions regarding the case of Venezuela. We have acted with prudence," AMLO stated.

❗️ Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia were the countries that stood out for abstaining from the OAS vote on Venezuela.

🇧🇴🇻🇪🇻🇪 — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia issued a statement condemning all protests occurring in Venezuela and considered all events organized by the population as an "attempted coup"; see the full statement below:

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia strongly condemns the attempted coups against President Nicolás Maduro and the plans to replace the will of the Venezuelan people, which was democratically expressed at the polls last Sunday, July 28.

Bolivia, as a state that promotes the culture of dialogue and peace, rejects the acts of violence that are being promoted to disrupt the constitutional order in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

The self-determination of peoples and non-interference are fundamental principles of international law that must be respected for peaceful coexistence between states."

COMUNICADO 01-08-2024 (Condena enérgica a los intentos de golpes de Estado en Venezuela) 🖇

🇻🇪🇻🇪⛓🇮🇹 — Nicolás Maduro's administration expelled Italian journalist Marco Bariletti and his cameraman Ivo Bonito, who arrived on August 1 at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, according to the SNTP

❗️ The reporters arrived in the country on a flight from Lisbon. However, after landing, the SNTP reported that "the team was separated from the rest of the passengers, and after reviewing their documents, they were informed that they would be expelled from the country and immediately put on a return flight."

🇮🇱📞📡❗️ — 📰 Israeli Media, Belaaz News on Twitter/X:

A source tells Belaaz that Israeli ministers were handed emergency satellite phones earlier today in the event of a phone network disruption caused by an expected attack from Hezbollah or Iran.

🔗 Belaaz News (@TheBelaaz)

🇻🇪⚠️ — The Supreme Court of Venezuela accepted Nicolás Maduro's request for protection regarding the presidential elections and summoned the 10 presidential candidates this Friday to begin the process of “vote verification.”

📱🚫🇻🇪🇻🇪🖥 — The Play Store platform and online store removed the VenApp after millions of reports following Nicolás Maduro's announcement to update the service with an option to report protesters for “terrorism and public order disruption.”

💥 Venezuelans on social media urged people to report the app to have it blocked after the addition of the “report fascist guarimba” option. This decision by Maduro is related to protests against the electoral results issued by the National Electoral Council (CNE), which declared Maduro as the winner.

📱 VenApp was a mobile application created by Maduro’s administration to directly address complaints and requests related to issues with water, electricity, gas services, irregularities in hospitals, clinics, educational institutions, and more.

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🇺🇸❗️🇻🇪 — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that there was “overwhelming evidence” that opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia won the controversial Venezuelan presidential elections; read the full statement:

The United States applauds the Venezuelan people for their participation in the July 28 presidential election despite significant challenges. At least 12 million Venezuelans peacefully went to the polls and exercised one of the most powerful rights given to people in any democracy: the right to vote. Unfortunately, the processing of those votes and the announcement of results by the Maduro-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE) were deeply flawed, yielding an announced outcome that does not represent the will of the Venezuelan people.

The CNE’s rapid declaration of Nicolás Maduro as the winner of the presidential election came with no supporting evidence. The CNE still has not published disaggregated data or any of the vote tally sheets, despite repeated calls from Venezuelans and the international community to do so. As the independent Carter Center’s observation mission reported, the CNE’s failure to provide the precinct-level official results, as well as irregularities throughout the process, have stripped the CNE’s announced outcome of any credibility.

Meanwhile, the democratic opposition has published more than 80 percent of the tally sheets received directly from polling stations throughout Venezuela. Those tally sheets indicate that Edmundo González Urrutia received the most votes in this election by an insurmountable margin. Independent observers have corroborated these facts, and this outcome was also supported by election day exit polls and quick counts. In the days since the election, we have consulted widely with partners and allies around the world, and while countries have taken different approaches in responding, none have concluded that Nicolás Maduro received the most votes this election.

Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo González Urrutia won the most votes in Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election.

In addition, the United States rejects Maduro’s unsubstantiated allegations against opposition leaders. Maduro and his representatives’ threats to arrest opposition leaders, including Edmundo González and María Corina Machado, are an undemocratic attempt to repress political participation and retain power. The safety and security of the democratic opposition leaders and members must be protected. All Venezuelans arrested while peacefully exercising their right to participate in the electoral process or demand transparency in the tabulation and announcement of results should be released immediately. Law enforcement and security forces should not become an instrument of political violence used against citizens exercising their democratic rights.

We congratulate Edmundo González Urrutia on his successful campaign. Now is the time for the Venezuelan parties to begin discussions on a respectful, peaceful transition in accordance with Venezuelan electoral law and the wishes of the Venezuelan people. We fully support the process of re-establishing democratic norms in Venezuela and stand ready to consider ways to bolster it jointly with our international partners.

Assessing the Results of Venezuela’s Presidential Election 🖇

🇧🇴⁉️🇻🇪🇻🇪 — The Bolivian ambassador to Venezuela, Sebastián Michel, acknowledged that the records presented by opposition leader María Corina Machado, which assert that Edmundo González Urrutia won Sunday's election, are official and come from ExClé, the company responsible for the election's digital process and which has "a very secure system"

"I only know that all the opposition groups have validated that it is a very secure system. So much so that what the leader, María Corina Machado, presented today (Monday) are precisely records that come from this system and that have been taken by her delegates. Once the voting station closes, each delegate takes their record."

❗️ The opposition has indicated from the beginning that they have records proving their overwhelming victory over Nicolás Maduro and that they reflect a massive fraud committed in Venezuela.

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🇫🇷💣❗️ — Observers report that a bomb threat shut down Porte de Paris train station, Stade de France stadium, where Paris Olympic Games are taking place