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Javier Milei: “Argentina will not recognize another fraud” in Venezuela
The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, announced in the early hours of Monday that his country “will not recognize another fraud” in Venezuela and added that the citizens of that country “chose to end the communist dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro.”
“The data announce a crushing victory for the opposition and the world waits for it to recognize the defeat after years of socialism, misery, decadence and death,” the ultraliberal ruler said in a message published on his social network account X.
“Argentina will not recognize another fraud, and hopes that the Armed Forces (of Venezuela) this time will defend democracy and popular will,” the president posted without the official results of the National Electoral Council (CNE) being known.
Also the Argentine chancellor, Diana Mondino, used that social network to ask the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, to “RECOGNIZE THE DEFEAT (sic).”
“The difference in votes against the Chavista dictatorship is overwhelming. They lost in all states by more than 35%. There is no fraud or violence that hides reality,” posted the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship.
Mondino and other members of the Milei Executive, such as the Ministers of Defense, Luis Petri, and Security, Patricia Bullrich, went during election day to accompany the Venezuelans residing in Argentina who concentrated around the embassy of that country in Buenos Aires.
Argentina is one of the countries that, according to the Government of Venezuela, would integrate an “intervention operation” of several Latin American countries against their presidential elections.
“Venezuela denounces and warns the world about an intervention operation against the electoral process, our right to free self-determination and the sovereignty of our homeland, on the part of a group of foreign governments and powers,” according to a statement, which also points to Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and the Dominican Republic.
Likewise, the Venezuelan Executive accused former governors Iván Duque and Andrés Pastrana of Colombia, Mauricio Macri, of Argentina; and Óscar Arias, of Costa Rica, as well as US senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, whom he called “far-right hitmen politicians specialized in destabilizing governments in Latin America,” of being part of this alleged operation.
According to Nicolás Maduro’s Administration, “they intend to distort what has been expressed” this Sunday “in peace and with a civic spirit” in the Caribbean country, when millions of Venezuelans went out to vote for one of the ten candidates for the Presidency, including the current head of state, who is looking for a second re-election.
Venezuela awaits a statement from the National Electoral Council (CNE) on the results of the elections, in which Maduro seeks his re-election and in which the standard-bearer of the main opposition coalition – the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) -, Edmundo González Urrutia, also competed.
Nicolás Maduro said today to his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei: “Cowardly big, you can’t stand me a round!”
“No to the fascist Nazi of Milei!” proclaimed Maduro, to whom the CNE granted 51.2% of the votes compared to 44.2% of the opponent Edmundo González Urrutia.
While Maduro, re-releaded for a third six-year presidential killing, called the Argentine president a “vendepatrias”, the hundreds of Chavista followers who acclaimed the Bolivarian leader shouted “Milei, garbage, you are the dictatorship!”
International
U.S. strike in Caribbean kills three suspected drug traffickers
A U.S. strike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean killed three people on Saturday, according to Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth, marking the latest in a series of attacks in international waters.
The United States has deployed ships to the Caribbean and sent fighter jets to Puerto Rico as part of a large military force that Washington says is aimed at curbing drug trafficking.
“This vessel, like all the others, was known to our intelligence for being involved in illicit narcotics smuggling,” Hegseth stated on X. “Three narcoterrorists were aboard the vessel during the attack, which took place in international waters,” he added.
Experts argue that the attacks, which began in early September, amount to extrajudicial executions, even if the targets are known traffickers.
Washington has yet to publicly provide evidence that the targeted individuals were actively smuggling drugs or posed a threat to the United States.
Hegseth said the U.S. would continue “hunting… and killing” suspected traffickers. He also shared video footage of the strike, showing the vessel being hit and engulfed in flames. As in previous videos, sections of the ship were blurred, making it impossible to verify the number of people on board.
The United Nations called on Friday for Washington to halt its attacks.
International
At least 23 killed in Sonora supermarket blast, including minors
At least 23 people were killed and 11 others injured in an explosion at a supermarket in Hermosillo, in the northern Mexican state of Sonora, local authorities reported on Saturday.
“So far, there are 23 confirmed deaths and 11 injured, including minors,” said Sonora Governor Alfonso Durazo in a video message. He added that the injured are receiving treatment in various hospitals across the city.
“I have ordered a thorough and transparent investigation to determine the causes of the incident and assign responsibility where appropriate,” Durazo said.
The explosion occurred at a Waldo’s store in downtown Hermosillo. Local authorities confirmed that the incident was not an attack nor related to any violent act against civilians.
Meanwhile, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum expressed her condolences on X, offering sympathy to the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives.
International
Floods in Central Vietnam leave 28 dead, thousands displaced
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in central Vietnam has risen to 28, with six people reported missing and 43 injured, local newspaper VnExpress reported Friday night.
More than 22,100 homes remain flooded, primarily in the cities of Hue and Da Nang. Floods and landslides have destroyed or swept away 91 houses and damaged another 181, the report added.
Around 245,000 households are still without electricity, particularly in Da Nang, where over 225,000 homes are affected.
Additionally, 80 stretches of national highways are blocked or disrupted due to landslides. Authorities expect the flooding to continue for another day or two in the region.
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