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"The country remains calm overall," he added. "Industries, commerce, schools, service providers appear to be open for the most part." They're operating normally.
"Venezuelans are trying to be civil just to avoid any violent response, given all the" disruptive actions.
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva rejects US interference, saying:
"When you are president there are things that you can't say, for diplomacy's sake, but now I can say this.""Every so often the United States decides to call into question a foreign election. They should worry themselves with their own and leave us to chose our own destiny."
Lula congratulated Maduro on his victory. So did current Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Publicly she said she's "ready to work together." Other regional leaders extended their own support. Notable ones elsewhere also did so.
Granma International headlined "Statement from Movement of Non-Aligned Countries Coordinating Bureau on elections in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela," saying:
"The Movement of Non-Aligned Countries Coordinating Bureau salutes the elections held in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, April 14, 2013, which were characterized by massive participation and conducted transparently in a climate of democracy.""The members of our Movement congratulate President Nicolà ¡s Maduro Moros for his election and express our confidence that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will continue to contribute, during his administration, to the consolidation of unity within the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries and to the struggle which together we have undertaken to protect its principles."
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