Pan-African Attitude Ep. 15 | Venezuelan Elections: Stolen Or Won Fairly?

Venezuela has long been subject to foreign interference and meddling in its political process ever since socialist president Hugo Chavez came to power on 2 February 1999. There have been several coups, one in 2002 against Hugo Chavez and one in 2019 against the incumbent president Nicolas Maduro. Maduro's supporters argue that this is also happening again today, with U.S.-backed opposition forces refusing to recognise the results of the elections and trying to overthrow Maurdo's government and replace it with opposition leader Edmundo González. Opposition supporters argue that the election was stolen and that Maduro is holding on to power illegally, with the U.S. government agreeing with this position and recognising Edmundo González Urrutia as the winner of Venezuela's presidential election and, therefore, the country's new president. On today's ...