The vice president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Nguema Obiangknown as Teodorincongratulated the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurofor his controversial re-election in the elections of July 28, a victory that is not recognized by many countries.
«Following the validation of the Supreme Court of Venezuela proclaiming President Nicolás Maduro the winner in the elections of July 28, I would like to express my most sincere and effusive congratulations on his re-election as President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela»Nguema Obiang said on his social network X account.
“We express our firm will to maintain and strengthen the excellent relations of friendship and cooperation existing between our two peoples and governments,” added the vice president, son of the head of the Equatorial Guinean State, Teodoro Obiang.
Thus, Equatorial Guinea joined Cuba y Nicaraguawho have supported Maduro.
However, the European Union and several Latin American countries maintain that the ruling of the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) does not dispel doubts about the result announced by the electoral authorities because the main opposition coalition, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD)reports fraud.
The anti-Chavez bloc insists that its candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiawon the election by a wide margin and published “83.5% of the electoral records” to support his claim, which has led some countries to recognize the opposition as the winner of the elections.
Since its independence from Spain in 1968, Equatorial Guinea has been considered by human rights organizations to be one of the most corrupt and repressive countries in the world.
Teodoro Obiang, 82, has ruled the Central African country with an iron fist since 1979, when he overthrew his uncle Francisco Macías in a coup, and is the longest-serving president in the world. EFE (I)
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