by Matt Vespa, Townhall:

What a crock of an election, but that’s what you get when you allow an authoritarian to entrench himself like Nicolas Maduro has done in Venezuela. Maduro has carried on the failed socialist legacy of the late Hugo Chavez. The Chavistas have perverted the legislature and the courts, so let’s not be shocked that the 2024 elections weren’t rigged. It likely was a rigged election—no, it was most definitely a fugazi result. The opposition turnout was reportedly historic, and last night was marked by reports of national policemen barring people from voting: