The US government condemned that the regime of Nicolás Maduro You have arranged voting centers to choose, for the first time, representatives of the Esequibo, Region whose sovereignty Caracas and Georgetown are disputedin the parliamentary and regional elections held in Venezuela, and that Washington qualifies as an electoral farce.
“The United States rejects all attempts by Nicolás Maduro and his illegitimate regime of undermining the territorial integrity of Guyana, including the latter Electoral farce in the Esequibo region“, Says a brief message posted today by the State Department in X.
Since the nineteenth century, Venezuela and Guyana This region of about 160 thousand square kilometers are disputed Located west of the Esequibo River, which the Government of Caracas considers the state of Guayana Esequiba since 2024.
The San Isidro and Dalla Costa parishes, of the Sifontes municipality, in the Venezuelan state of Bolívar (southern, border with Brazil), those closest to the so -called claim area, were designated by the electoral power as an epicenter of the vote to choose the authorities from thatquibo.
They will be chosen, for that territory, 16 officials: A governor, eight deputies to the National Assembly (AN) and seven members of the Regional Legislative Council.
The election day in the Esequibo has developed with Little influx of voters During the morning of this Sunday, along with complaints of abuses and violations to the electoral law by opposition candidates.
However, many attribute the low participation to the custom of the population of this area of the country to vote in the afternoon, so a greater presence of voters is expected during the day.