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$4 billion was spent paying paramilitary groups to attack unarmed protestors and other dissidents during and after the elections.<ref>Stephen Johnson, [https://www.capitalismmagazine.com/?s=Junket Venezuela: A New Junket for a Dictator’s best Friend – Jimmy Carter], Capitalism Mag., July 28, 2003.</ref>

$4 billion was spent paying paramilitary groups to attack unarmed protestors and other dissidents during and after the elections.<ref>Stephen Johnson, [https://www.capitalismmagazine.com/?s=Junket Venezuela: A New Junket for a Dictator’s best Friend – Jimmy Carter], Capitalism Mag., July 28, 2003.</ref>

The [[European Union]] condemned the conditions placed on election monitors as unacceptable and declined to attend.  The Carter Center was shut out for three days.  Experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have identified signs of fraud based on statistical analysis.<ref>The Carter stamp of approval on the Venezuelan election - less than worthless [http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/world/americas/3924-the-carter-stamp-of-approval-on-the-venueuzlan-election-less-than-worthless.html] Capitalism Mag.</ref>

The [[European Union]] condemned the conditions placed on election monitors as unacceptable and declined to attend.  The Carter Center was shut out for three days.  Experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have identified signs of fraud based on statistical analysis.<ref>[https://www.heritage.org/americas/commentary/carters-bungled-observation-hurts-venezuelan-democracy Carter's Bungled Observation Hurts Venezuelan Democracy], ''Heritage'', Sep 9, 2004.</ref><ref>The Carter stamp of approval on the Venezuelan election - less than worthless [http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/world/americas/3924-the-carter-stamp-of-approval-on-the-venueuzlan-election-less-than-worthless.html] Capitalism Mag.</ref>

==Human rights concerns==

==Human rights concerns==