Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday condemned the “deeply flawed” Venezuelan election results that said the opposition candidate did not win.
In a statement, Blinken said the United States applauds the 12 million Venezuelan people who participated in the July 28 presidential election but said President Nicolás Maduro was not the real winner.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Maduro the winner, despite not publishing precinct-level results from the voting machines.