Editorial: El País

• The Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela, controlled by Chavismo, validated Nicolás Maduro's electoral victory without transparent evidence.
• The Supreme Court holds opposition candidate Edmundo González accountable, despite opposition's contradictory evidence.
• The Supreme Court ignores the international community's request for impartial verification of the results.
• Venezuela's highest judicial authority may be hiding the identity of the supposed experts who validated the results.
• The ruling signals a possible increase in repression in Venezuela.
• Maduro's government is entrenched in power and shows no signs of wanting to negotiate a solution to the crisis.
• Maduro and his circle of power, backed by the Armed Forces, refuse to dialogue for a negotiated way out.
• The government's strategy is to nullify democracy by subtly and illegally using its own institutions.

Conclusion: This situation highlights the danger facing democracy in Venezuela with a government that openly undermines the integrity of the electoral process and the legitimacy of the opposition.

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