Tamara Taraciuk Broner, Dialogue’s Rule of Law Program director, spoke with BBC News regarding Venezuela’s presidential election on July 28 2024, and the post-electoral repression and international pressure.
COMMENTS FROM TARACIUK BRONER:
“We are going to see, unfortunately, more repression in the next few days […]. However, this opens the door to a potential negotiation. The fraud was so blatant that it’s very difficult for any relevant democratic country to support what the government says that happened during the elections. We are likely to see increasing international pressure to lead to a transition to democracy in Venezuela”.
“Maduro won’t care and won’t vow voluntarily [to international pressure] […]. However, the reason why the government went so far with these elections is because it needed some international legitimacy […] to be able to govern. Venezuela is at a juncture today. They are either going into a Nicaraguan full-fledged dictatorship or negotiate a way out”.
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