WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday accused Venezuela of electoral manipulation and repression and mentioned Caracas’ announcement that President Nicolas Maduro had received a 3rd time period in workplace had been stripped of “any credibility.”
Biden administration officers, briefing reporters in regards to the vote on situation of anonymity, didn’t announce any new punitive measures however left open the door to further sanctions, saying it might assess its sanctions coverage in mild of actions taken by Maduro’s authorities.
“By participating in repression and electoral manipulation, and by declaring a winner with out the detailed precinct-by-precinct polling outcomes …Maduro representatives have stripped the supposed election outcomes they introduced of any credibility,” a senior Biden administration official advised reporters.
