Editorial: El Mundo

• The scandal of mass electoral fraud by Nicolás Maduro has resulted in the international community's inability to force a transition in Venezuela.
• Caracas continues to refuse to make voting records public and has amped up repression through arbitrary detentions and homicides.
• The protest led by María Corina Machado aims to expose the fraud and engage international community action.
• An expert panel from the UN, EU, and Carter Center has denounced the lack of transparency and irregularities in the election.
• Spain, under the leadership of Pedro Sánchez, has failed to acknowledge the victory of the opposition and hasn’t proposed a solution to the crisis.
• A clear hardening of human rights violations can be seen under Maduro’s regime, indicating an implosion of Chavismo.

Conclusion: A political and human rights crisis is observed in Venezuela with the international community and national leadership failing to facilitate a secure and effective transition towards democracy.

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