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Venezuela Maduro supporters 2.2.2019
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Thanks to the resilience of the Venezuelan people and the brilliance of their Foreign Ministry we are in good company tonight. The US attempt to get support for their position in the United Nations Security Council has failed by 19 votes to 16. Caribbean countries in CARICON are supporting Venezuela as are many others. Even the Lima Group not so long ago sabre rattling is no longer as keen on military intervention, it appears that Colombia has now refused to based 5,000 US troops and the people of Brazil are maintaining pressure on Bolsonaro not to assist the coup.
It’s fashionable to appoint yourself without a mandate to high office, even to be a President these days, so I thought I would appoint myself as official returning officer of a number of international elections.
Here are the results. The first figure I will give is for the percentage of votes cast the second for the percentage of registered votes.
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