Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, and Costa Rica recognize Edmundo González as the elected President of Venezuela.

Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, and Costa Rica recognized the opposition candidate Edmundo González as the elected President of Venezuela, and considered Nicolás Maduro's proclamation as the winner in the elections to be fraudulent.

Uruguay's Chancellor, Omar Paganini, stated that the evidence showing that González obtained the majority of votes in the Venezuelan presidential elections is "overwhelming" and expressed confidence that "the will of the Venezuelan people will be respected."

In a last-minute statement this Friday, after Venezuelan authorities confirmed Nicolás Maduro as the winner of the elections, Montevideo expressed that after five days since the elections and despite the rushed declaration from the CNE, the electoral authority has not yet presented evidence of the actual results, nor has it enabled mechanisms for independent auditing of the vote recount.

It is noteworthy that the Venezuelan opposition has done commendable work in gathering over 80% of the tally sheets, with their authenticity not being refuted by the Chavistas.

"From this recount, it emerges with total clarity that the candidate Edmunfdo González was the presidential candidate who received the majority of the votes," he emphasizes.

For her part, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Diana Mondino, was categorical in emphasizing that "after several days of the official electoral records of Venezuela being published at: http://resultadosconvzla.com, we can all confirm, without any doubt, that the legitimate winner and elected President is Edmundo González."

This Friday, the National Electoral Council of Venezuela confirmed that Maduro won the elections with 6,408,844 votes, representing 51.95 percent, according to the entity.

After this proclamation, other Latin American governments reiterated that it is a fraudulent outcome.

The Presidency of Ecuador published a statement saying that "in respect for the will of the Venezuelan people, Ecuador recognizes Edmundo González as the winner of the presidential elections," while denouncing the "evident manipulation of the results of the electoral process."

"The old politics tried, with fraud and irregularities, to usurp the real result of the counting process. Therefore, this recognition from Ecuador is based on respect for the legitimate will of the people of this nation, expressed emphatically at the polls and supported by the people in their mobilization in the streets in recent days," it emphasizes.

For Ecuador, "Respect for democracy, justice, and electoral transparency is not a matter of ideologies" but "of principles."

"From our space, we will do everything possible to prevent the region from becoming the cradle of impunity and the violation of citizens' rights," emphasizes the government of Ecuador, and calls on the international community to respect the Venezuelan sacrifice whose true decision is "to be free again."

Costa Rica was also categorical and refuted the "fraudulent proclamation" that Maduro won the elections.

The day before, the United States said that "the electoral data overwhelmingly demonstrates the will of the Venezuelan people: the democratic opposition candidate Edmundo González received the most votes in Sunday's elections. Venezuelans have voted, and their votes must count."

Peru had already recognized the opposition leader as the winner in the elections.

The people of Venezuela continue in the streets demanding that the will of the people be respected and that Maduro leave power.

The dictator broke relations with the mentioned countries and ordered the closure of the embassies.