Venezuela joined the United Nations Human Rights Council despite the hard report that was issued against him

Venezuela won this Thursday a bank at the Human Rights Council of the UN. From Caracas, Nicolás Maduro's government applauded the election while non-governmental organizations and political leaders from Latin American countries had already criticized the Caribbean country's candidacy.

Caracas, who celebrated the election as a "victory" and an "important achievement", was approved by a vote of the General Assembly of the United Nations to renew 14 of 47 members of its Human Rights Council.

Venezuela got 105 votes to occupy a seat in the period 2020-2022, during a secret ballot vote marked by applause at the announcement of the result. A majority of 97 votes 193 members from the UN to win.

With 153 adhesions, Brazil, who was seeking re-election, He held the second seat available for Latin America, while Costa Rica, who had tried to block Venezuela, won only 96 votes.

"Today, we come to inform and celebrate another victory of the Bolivarian peace diplomacy," said Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza. The Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, described it as an "important achievement" in statements made during the release of 24 opponents.

The candidacy of Venezuela was the subject of a strong controversy. A report from the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chilean Michelle Bachelet, said the Venezuelan government has reported 5,287 deaths for "resistance to the authority" in 2018 and 1,569 others between January 1 and May 19, 2019. According to Bachelet, many of these cases may constitute extrajudicial executions.

More than fifty countries they do not know Maduro's presidency and they recognize as legitimate authority the parliamentary leader Juan Guaidó. Mature, however, keeps broad support to the UN, with special support from Russia and China.

Established in 2006, the United Nations Human Rights Council comprises 13 seats for Africa, 13 for Asia-Pacific, eight for Latin America and the Caribbean, seven for Western Europe and six others for Eastern Europe.