According to election records, opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, who won the elections, is returning to his country this Friday to be inaugurated as president, and Nicolás Maduro is threatening to arrest him when he sets foot on Venezuelan soil.
Date the decision will be made Venezuela’s future After more than twenty years of the Chavista regime. For the first time, the opposition managed to demonstrate victory at the ballot box by publishing election records and contradicting the official results presented by the National Electoral Centre. Nicolas Maduro.
This led the international community to mostly recognize opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect. A wave from there repression, violence and arbitrary arrests This could end on Friday if the diplomat comes to power.
Edmundo González may be arrested
They are not willing to transition to democracy in Miraflores. They never admitted defeat and, far from cooperating, issued an arrest warrant against González, who was planning to take his own life this Friday. Exile in Spain after American tour He met with many leaders who supported him, from Argentinian Javier Milei to Joe Biden.
Double investment comes after a while escalation of internal tension González’s number two was revealed with the botched arrest of María Corina Machado. Nothing new, he already suffered in the election campaign Attack organized by Chavismo and several attempts were made to silence his voice. It’s not just yours. According to Foro Penal 1,794 political prisoners in the country.
What was the arrest of María Corina Machado like?
Vente is the leader of Venezuela José Rolon He gave more details about the arrest in an interview with international news channel ‘NTN24’. “María Corina was intercepted 17 motorcycles, armored vehicles and drones“They shot him randomly and kidnapped him after he fell to the ground,” he said.
Nicolás Maduro has control of all institutions and Armed Forces support. He protected the country so that he could be reinstated. Meanwhile, Edmundo González devised a strategy unknown to the outside.
“I keep my intention Return to Venezuela and take control “For the position I was elected to,” the opposition leader said in an interview with ‘RTVE’ recently. “The global struggle for freedom and The epicenter of democracy is in Venezuela“, he stated during his tour of America. This is an unusual scenario: two men, one legitimate, the other illegitimate, claim to take office as president of the country.
As planned, Edmundo González will be in Caracas along with several former Ibero-American presidents. Behind their Praetorians Chavista arrest warrant. The question is what will happen when they arrive in the country. There are even precedents that point to this. possible landing obstacle something that occurs during the selection process, from control of airspace Plane carrying former presidents was prevented from landing Latin Americans who came to supervise the process.
Location of Ibero-American countries
On this occasion, González will be accompanied by Mexican PAN members, among others Vicente Fox or Felipe Calderon. The truth is that Maduro no longer even has the support of current left-wing Latin American leaders. Chilean President gave assurance There is no freedom in Venezuela. “I am a left-wing person, and from the left I tell you: The Government of Nicolás Maduro is a dictatorship,” he said. Gabriel Boric.
They support the opposition and the president from Ecuador Daniel Noboa He accused Maduro of sowing “death and misery” in the country. ally of Chavismo Gustavo PeterColombia has refused to attend President Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration in person and will send its ambassador.
Nicolás Maduro lost allies
Also noteworthy is Absence of Mexican and Brazilian GovernmentsThose who were more moderate in denouncing the lack of democracy in Venezuela, but also did not support Maduro in his theatrical inauguration.
In this scenario, the only allies Maduro has left are Russia, China, Iran, Cuba and Nicaragua. President-elect of the United States, Donald TrumpHe demanded that Venezuelans’ sovereign decisions at the ballot box be respected. Same position as adopted Joe Biden.
Shows around the world
Meanwhile, the Venezuelan diaspora is mobilizing and taking to the streets in major cities around the world: Paris, Miami, New York or Madrid There were demonstrations in favor of democracy in Venezuela. A massive mobilization was held in Puerta del Sol in the Spanish capital on Thursday. various political leaders New protests are not ignored this Friday, when the hearts of Venezuelans are in fists.
“For freedom and against oppression,” said the national leader of the People’s Party on the Left: Alberto Núñez FeijooAccompanied by the president of the Community of Madrid and other abbreviations Isabel Diaz Ayuso. “All that remains now is for the Armed Forces to take this step forward,” he said. For his part, the leader of VOX, Santiago AbascalParticipants in the march also called Maduro a “usurper” and said he “must fall”. Everyone was criticizing the Spanish government for its absence.
Minutes after these worldwide demonstrations, the most important one took place in Caracas. It ended with the arrest of María Corina Machado This stunned the country and the international community until his release was approved. Now everyone hopes that Edmundo González does not suffer the same fate.
