Venezuela's Supreme Court certifies Maduro's claims he won presidential election

The UN Human Rights Council issued a warning that its independent fact finding mission found that the Supreme Court lacks independence, and therefore cannot be trusted in this matter.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;UN_HRC&#x2F;status&#x2F;1826624015097888919" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;UN_HRC&#x2F;status&#x2F;1826624015097888919</a>

Venezuela&#x27;s Supreme Court was packed by Hugo Chavez 20 years ago[0]. He expanded the Court from 20 to 32 judges. When he did this, he also filled 5 existing vacancies with new judges. In other words, their Supreme Court is controlled by the Maduro regime.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hrw.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2004&#x2F;12&#x2F;13&#x2F;venezuela-chavez-allies-pack-supreme-court" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hrw.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2004&#x2F;12&#x2F;13&#x2F;venezuela-chavez-allies-...</a>

You can read here about supreme court independence <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.caracaschronicles.com&#x2F;2024&#x2F;08&#x2F;19&#x2F;how-independent-is-venezuelas-supreme-tribunal-of-justice&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.caracaschronicles.com&#x2F;2024&#x2F;08&#x2F;19&#x2F;how-independent...</a><p>and about the evidence that the numbers published by Maduro&#x27;s opposition are correct <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.caracaschronicles.com&#x2F;2024&#x2F;08&#x2F;18&#x2F;more-evidence-backs-the-election-results-published-by-the-venezuelan-opposition&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.caracaschronicles.com&#x2F;2024&#x2F;08&#x2F;18&#x2F;more-evidence-b...</a>

Gross. Let it be a lesson to anyone who thinks it is a good idea to have a judiciary system that is packed to the brim with self-serving, partisan goons who are loyal only to their party.

When countries (like the US) say they don&#x27;t accept Maduro&#x27;s victory, what does that practically mean?

Looking at Maduro, he ironically looks a lot like the dictator Di Ravello from Just Cause 3.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;msxAQxb" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;msxAQxb</a>

Why does the Supreme Court situation sound so familiar, I wonder...;-p

What other play he has for prooving how much he won the election? Asking Puting to prove the results? Have a North Korean child song sing about his glorious win? Need to build a wall forming &#x27;I won!&#x27; visible from space? Have his win being tatooed on each newborns forehead in Venezuela? Why does he need this kind of grandiose validation if he thinks the facts and the people are behind him? Oh! That&#x27;s why, because it is not true. Well, sorry Maduro, you are a looser only kept alive by your mercenarys. For now.

&gt; The high court is packed with Maduro loyalists and has almost never ruled against the government.<p>I mean is the result really that surprising given this fact.

The moral of the story is: If your country has oil, don&#x27;t piss off the US.