The United States has recognized Venezuelan presidential opposition candidate, Edmundo González, as president-elect after his victory in the presidential elections against the current Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.
“The Venezuelan people spoke out forcefully on July 28 and named Edmundo González president-elect. Democracy requires respect for the will of the voters“, the Secretary of the State Department, Antony Blinken, stressed in a brief message on the social network X.
This message has also been shared by the United States Embassy in Venezuela. Yes ok Washington had previously expressed doubts on numerous occasions about Maduro’s victory. In the elections, he had not until now referred to González with the term “president-elect.”
The Venezuelan opponent reacted shortly after the announcement and thanked “the recognition of the sovereign will of all Venezuelans.” “This gesture honors our people’s desire for change and the civic feat that we carried out together on July 28,” he added on said social network.
The Maduro Government repudiates the fact that the US calls González “president-elect”
The Government of Nicolás Maduro has rejected that Washington has begun to refer to the opposition Edmundo González as “president-elect” of Venezuela after the electoral results of last July 28.
The Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Yvan Gilhas reacted on Telegram to the message spread on
“In the last days of his Government he should dedicate himself to reflecting on his failures, getting rid of imperial and colonial complexes and going to write the memoirs of how the Bolivarian revolution made him bite the dust of defeat, just like his predecessors,” Gil pointed out.
In his opinion, Blinken, “a confessed enemy of Venezuela,” is “just another Secretary of State, who went down, along with his puppets, trying to reverse democracy” in the Caribbean country. Likewise, he assured that González Urrutia, recognized as “president-elect” by the European Parliament and several governments, is “supported by fascists and terrorists subordinate to the battered American policy”.
Feijóo says that the US “follows the path” opened by the PP in Spain”
The president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóoassured this Wednesday that the United States “follows the path” opened by the Popular Party in Spain and in the European Union after recognizing Edmundo González as elected president of Venezuela.
“The United States recognizes Edmundo González as elected president of Venezuela. “Follow the path opened by the Popular Party in Spain and in the European Union”the opposition leader said in a message on the social network X.
