2013 Venezuelan presidential election protests
{{Infobox Civil Conflict
| title = 2013 political crisis in Venezuela
| partof = Crisis in Venezuela
| image = Election results of presidential elections in 2013. For state..png
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Results of the presidential elections of 2013.
| date = 14 April 2013 - 22 October 2013
| place = Venezuela
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| causes = 2013 Venezuelan presidential election
| goals = Rejection of Nicolás Maduro as electoral winner
| methods = Public demonstrations
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| side1 = Great Patriotic Pole
| side2 = Democratic Unity Roundtable
| side3 =
| leadfigures1 = Nicolás Maduro
Diosdado Cabello
Jorge Rodríguez
Francisco Ameliach
Tareck El Aissami
Elías Jaua
| leadfigures2 = Henrique Capriles
Leopoldo López
María Corina Machado
Ismael García
Liliana Hernández
Antonio Ledezma
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|fatalities=11 dead (official figures)
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The 2013 Venezuelan political crisis refers to the events that occurred after the presidential elections of the same year, mostly protests in response of the electoral result in which Nicolás Maduro of the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) was elected as President of Venezuela.
Presidential elections
{{See also|2013 Venezuelan presidential election}}After the presidential elections on 14 April 2013, opposition leader Capriles rejected the bulletin issued by the National Electoral Electoral (CNE) and ask for a recount of the 100% of the votes,{{cite news|title=Maduro se atribuye la victoria y Capriles rechaza los resultados|url=http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2013/04/15/actualidad/1366004151_006193.html|work=El País|date=15 April 2013}}{{cite news|first=Alicia|last=De la Rosa|title=Capriles: El derrotado aquí es Maduro y su Gobierno|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/elecciones-2013/130415/capriles-el-derrotado-aqui-es-maduro-y-su-gobierno|work=El Universal|date=15 April 2013}}{{cite news|title=Capriles pide recuento de votos y Maduro suma aval internacional sin EEUU|url=http://www.diariodecaracas.com/politica/capriles-pide-recuento-votos-maduro-suma-aval-internacional-eeuu|work=El Diario de Caracas|date=18 April 2013|access-date=23 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723122519/https://www.diariodecaracas.com/politica/capriles-pide-recuento-votos-maduro-suma-aval-internacional-eeuu|archive-date=23 July 2018|url-status=dead}} because his campaign command reported at least 3,500 irregularities during the electoral process,{{cite news|title=Capriles impugnará las elecciones de Venezuela|url=http://www.informador.com.mx/internacional/2013/453513/6/capriles-impugnara-las-elecciones-de-venezuela.htm|work=Informador|publisher=Unión Editorialista|date=25 April 2013}} petition that was joined by CNE rector Vicente Díaz and supported by the governments of Spain,{{cite web|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/mundo/Espana-reconteo-dialogo-polarizacion-Venezuela_0_172782760.html|title=Copia archivada|accessdate=23 January 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119044346/http://www.el-nacional.com/mundo/Espana-reconteo-dialogo-polarizacion-Venezuela_0_172782760.html|archivedate=19 November 2015}} France,{{Cite web|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/latinoamerica/elecciones-venezuela-2013-francia-y-espana-esperan-reconteo-de-votos_12742814-4|title=Francia y España esperan reconteo de votos en Venezuela|date=15 April 2013}} the United States,{{cite web |url=http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2013/04/15/1454591/eeuu-prudente-y-necesario-reconteo.html |title=EEUU considera 'prudente y necesario' recuento de votos en Venezuela - Estados Unidos AP - ElNuevoHerald.com |website=www.elnuevoherald.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418121537/http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2013/04/15/1454591/eeuu-prudente-y-necesario-reconteo.html |archive-date=18 April 2013 |url-status=dead}} Paraguay,{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.com.py/nacionales/gobierno-considera-prudente-recuento-de-votos-561047.html|title=Gobierno pide recuento de votos en Venezuela - Nacionales - ABC Color}} and the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, José Miguel Insulza.{{cite web |url=http://noticias.terra.com.ar/internacionales/jose-miguel-insulza-avalo-realizar-recuento-de-votos-en-venezuela,1543880ab590e310VgnCLD2000000ec6eb0aRCRD.html |title=JOSE MIGUEL INSULZA AVALO REALIZAR RECUENTO DE VOTOS EN VENEZUELA - Terra Argentina |website=noticias.terra.com.ar |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130627192300/http://noticias.terra.com.ar/internacionales/jose-miguel-insulza-avalo-realizar-recuento-de-votos-en-venezuela,1543880ab590e310VgnCLD2000000ec6eb0aRCRD.html |archive-date=27 June 2013 |url-status=dead}} At the start, Maduro accepted the audit proposed by the opposition.{{Cite web|url=http://www.antena3.com/noticias/mundo/rector-cne-solicita-auditoria-100-papeletas-que-maduro-acepta_2013041500020.html|title = Mundo: Noticias internacionales de última hora|website = Antena 3}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.diariorepublica.com/politica/maduro-acepto-auditoria-del-100-de-las-urnas|title=Maduro aceptó auditoría del 100% de las urnas|date=15 April 2013}}
Henrique Capriles presented his request formally on 17 April 2013, with all the corresponding complainte and the petition of the total verification of the acts; the CNE held a meeting for hours the same day until it accepted the verification "in second phase", the 46% of the ballot boxes not randomly audited at first.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/130418/cne-se-hara-auditoria-de-verificacion-al-46-de-cajas-no-auditadas |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-07-23 |archive-date=2018-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723100008/http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/130418/cne-se-hara-auditoria-de-verificacion-al-46-de-cajas-no-auditadas |url-status=dead }} However, this audit was not supported by Capriles, who argued that itt«should have been carried out along with a review of the voting notebooks»,{{cite web |url=http://sociales.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/elecciones-2013/130516/capriles-rectores-del-cne-se-pagaron-y-se-dieron-el-vuelto |title=Capriles: Rectores del CNE se pagaron y se dieron el vuelto |accessdate=17 June 2013 |date=2013 |publisher=El Universal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101052025/http://sociales.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/elecciones-2013/130516/capriles-rectores-del-cne-se-pagaron-y-se-dieron-el-vuelto |archive-date=1 November 2014 |url-status=dead|df=dmy-all }} reason why the process was challenged before the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ).{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/130807/tsj-desecho-las-impugnaciones-contra-comicios-del-14a|title=Elecciones 2013 TSJ desechó las impugnaciones contra comicios del 14A|accessdate=7 August 2013|author=El Universal|date=August 2013|language=es}}
See also
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