The Venezuelan opposition leader plans to visit Uruguay less than a week before the inauguration, when both he and Nicolás Maduro plan to assume the presidency.
“Thank you for coming and thank you for being in our home,” said the Argentinian President. Javier Milei, He welcomed the Venezuelan opposition leader and the country’s elected president, according to election records released by the opposition coalition. Edmundo González Urrutia.
The person who is considered the winner of the July 28 elections arrived in the country of Argentina this Saturday from Madrid, where he resides. political refugeeEven though he plans to go to his country, Venezuela We start working on January 10Despite threats of arrest from Chavismo, who did not recognize his victory.
“Argentina has always been the home of Venezuelans around the world,” Milei continued as she excitedly shook the career diplomat’s hand. Meanwhile, in Plaza de Mayo, where Casa Rosada is located, where the meeting was held, Hundreds of Venezuelans Citizens who immigrated to Argentina due to the deterioration of their country celebrated the event, which the opposition considered a ‘ghost’. state visit.
This is González Urrutia’s double visit. will continue his journey in MontevideoStill where the Uruguayan president will receive him, Luis Lacalle Pou. All this happens a few days after his inauguration. No one knows how he will make this happen, as President Nicolás Maduro has assured that he will re-declare himself president and has also threatened to arrest him if he sets foot on Venezuelan soil.
But Venezuelan diaspora Edmundo González has no doubt that he can take on the task. After thirty years of Chavistas, still with a lively hope for possible political change in their country, they enthusiastically shouted: “President” and “freedom” in the legendary Argentinian plaza. Then both Goznález Urrutia and Milei went out to the balcony to say hello.
The opposition leader followed this visit from afar with emotion. Maria Corina Machado belongs to this country. He assured on his social networks that “there will be very little time left” for change and He thanked the Argentinian president for “all his support” to his political position.
María Corina Machado was at the top of her own formation list, but National Electoral Center invalidated his candidacy The reason why Edmundo González was number one before the elections. After the elections were held, the institution in question gave victory to Nicolás Maduro, but the opposition took the minutes from the ballot boxes and published them one by one on the internet, showing that the opposition had won by a wide margin.
All this led many countries, including the United States, to recognize Edmundo González Urrutia as the elected and legitimate president of Venezuela. The Organization of American States did the same, although not unanimously. We will vote against Mexico, Colombia and Brazil.
independent organizations such as Carter CenterThose present during the election process criticized the transparency of the counting and questioned the result. The Spanish Congress and Senate recognized González Urrutia’s victory. He did the same European Parliament in a vote in favor of conservative forces.
The opposition and the Venezuelan diaspora condemned this situation Oppression, violence and unsustainable oppression in the country. Amnesty International has repeatedly warned about human rights violations in Venezuela, where there are more than 2,000 political prisoners, including minors and children, according to the NGO Foro Ceza.
