In its editorial, the digital newspaper indicated that despite all media campaigns against the followers of Hugo Chavez’s legacy in the South American country, Maduro is stronger than three years ago.

According to the newspaper, the opposition led by María Corina Machado has lost the elections, since Venezuelans do not forget that she was the one who called for the armed intervention and blockade against her own people and the one who supported Juan Guaidó to deal a mortal blow to the national economy.

Venezuelans are fed up with the opposition parties, which often seem more interested in fighting among themselves than in improving the country’s fortunes, the newspaper added.

That lesson could hopefully be taken by the Panamanian political parties that also suffered a setback in the recent elections of May 5. However, former president Mireya Moscoso (1999-2004), who represents that archaic political class, has called to disregard the electoral results in Venezuela, regardless of the voting, the text noted.

Maduro will rule Venezuela for the next six years and the country is expected to enter a phase of economic recovery, which has apparently begun already, El Periódico de Panamá reported.

On Sunday, Maduro was reelected as president of Venezuela with 51.20 percent of the votes.

According to the first bulletin issued by the National Electoral Council (CNE), 5,150,092 people voted for the incumbent Venezuelan head of State, while his closest challenger was the opponent from the United Democratic Platform, Edmundo González, who won 44.2 percent of the votes from 4,,445,978 voters.

The CNE explained that these results correspond to 80 percent of the data transmission, which marks “a conclusive and irreversible trend.”

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