Canada Disavows Venezuela’s Election, Voices Support to ‘Restore Democracy’

Flanked by party members, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido speaks during a press conference, a day after parliamentary elections, in Caracas, Venezuela, on, Dec. 7, 2020. Ariana Cubillos/The Associated Press

Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said it does not recognize the results of Venezuela’s Dec. 6 election, which will likely give dictator Nicolás Maduro sway to the last major branch of government independent of his control.

“Canada does not recognize the results of Venezuela’s December 6 electoral process because the process did not meet the minimum conditions for a free and fair exercise of democracy,” Minister of Foreign Affairs François-Philippe Champagne said in a statement on Sunday.