Venezuelan Electoral Official Criticizes ‘Lack of Transparency’ in Maduro’s Reelection

One of the five members of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council has criticized what he calls a “grave lack of transparency and veracity” in last month’s presidential election process. The National Electoral Council (CNE) declared the socialist incumbent, Nicolás Maduro, the winner despite evidence suggesting he had lost in a landslide to opposition candidate Edmundo González. The opposition obtained voting tallies that suggested González had won 73 percent of the accessible votes, twice as much as the incumbent. Protesters clashed with the police and Venezuela’s National Guard when it emerged that Maduro had been declared the winner of the July 28 election....