The Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia met this Monday with the president of the United States, Joe Biden. A meeting that González has defined as “long, fruitful and cordial.”
At the end of the meeting, González Urrutia stated before the media that Biden “heartily accompanies him” in his attempt to return to Venezuela for the investiture on January 10. He explained that They addressed “various aspects of the bilateral relationship” and that he thanked him for the “support” received from the United States Government “in this fight for the democratic recovery of Venezuela.”
The opponent He did not confirm whether he intends to meet with the US president-elect, Donald Trumpwho will assume power on January 20, but announced that relations with the new Administration will be “very, very close and also very beneficial for Venezuela.”
“Us We are going to continue with the same bipartisan policy that we have had from the beginning and with this we are going to ensure that the path to the restoration of democracy is as soon as possible.”
Regarding opposition leader María Corina Machado’s call for Venezuelans to take to the streets, González Urrutia declared that “the recovery of democracy is everyone’s task.”
The White Housefor its part, has not yet issued statements after the meeting and The meeting was not part of Biden’s official agenda this Mondaywhich is made public daily.
González Urrutia’s visit to Washington is part of a tour to obtain international support before the presidential inauguration scheduled for next January 10. The National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed the re-election of President Nicolás Maduro after the elections on July 28, but has not provided evidence with disaggregated results of his victory.
The largest opposition coalition presented voting records that give victory to González Urrutia, who has been considered the president-elect by the United States and other countries.
His visit to Washington comes after he met with President Javier Milei in Argentina on Saturday and, later, in Uruguay, with President Luis Lacalle Pou, in addition to holding a video conference with the Paraguayan head of state, Santiago Peña.
