Venezuela: Seven Latin American countries criticize Maduro regime for impeding Maria Corina Machado's replacement to register as a presidential candidate
The countries argued that the Venezuelan regime's attacks on the opposition are impeding progress towards democratic elections.
María Corina Machado and Corina Yoris (Courtesy of Vente Venezuela)
The governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay voiced their concerns about ongoing obstacles in the registration process for presidential candidates in Venezuela, just under 24 hours before the deadline, as reported by the National Electoral Council.
The countries issued a joint statement in response to the Venezuelan opposition's repeated reports of unsuccessful attempts to register Corina Yoris, María Corina Machado's appointed replacement, as presidential candidate.
"At this moment, the majority parties of the Venezuelan opposition -MUD and UNT- have not been able to register their candidate, Corina Yoris, to represent them in the upcoming presidential elections," the countries wrote in a joint statement.
The countries stressed that "This situation, together with the previous disqualifications that have been in the public domain, raises questions about the integrity and transparency of the electoral process as a whole (...) These restrictions impede progress towards elections that allow a democratization process to be carried out in sister Venezuela."
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