Maduro boasts that his “victory will be overwhelming”

CARACAS (EFE).— Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said yesterday that his victory in Sunday’s elections, in which he will seek a third consecutive six-year term, will astonish the entire world, as it will be a “resounding” triumph.

“Let Madrid, Washington and Miami prepare themselves because Sunday’s victory will astonish the entire world. It will be the most beautiful and greatest electoral victory in the electoral history of Venezuela,” he said during a campaign event in Yaracuy.

In his speech, broadcast — like every rally — by the state channel Venezolana de Televisión, he said that he received a call from a friend from Spain, without specifying his identity, who said he was “impressed with the strength” of his campaign actions.

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A group of former Ibero-American presidents, including Mexicans Felipe Calderón and Vicente Fox, who are part of the Liberty and Democracy Group, declared yesterday that any attempt at fraud in the presidential elections must be sanctioned by the international community.

“Any attempt at fraud must be punished with the maximum sanctions, and effective international prosecution must be carried out against Nicolás Maduro and his closest circle,” Libertad y Democracia said in a statement.

The main opposition coalition announced that it had successfully accredited all of its polling station witnesses, overcoming an obstacle that had caused tensions just days before the elections.

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