The US State Department said Monday (Aug. 5) that it had been in contact with Brazil, Mexico and Colombia regarding a “path forward” for Venezuela following its disputed election.
The Brazilian government, like Colombia and Mexico, has called for the full results to be released after Venezuela's July 28 general election.
However, Venezuela's electoral authorities have so far failed to do so, while the country's electoral authorities have declared that President Nicolas Maduro won re-election to a third term.
US officials said last week that findings of election fraud had dented Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's claims of re-election from “any credibility”, and Washington was open to imposing new sanctions on the OPEC nation. (my/jm)
