Edmundo González Urrutiaopposition leader of Venezuela, will travel to Argentina to meet with the president Javier Milei this Saturday, before returning to his country to take office as president. The meeting, confirmed at Scope by official sources, will be carried out in Pink House.
Milei was forceful in his support for Urrutia in the last elections on July 28 and accused the current president Nicolás Maduro of having committed fraud to win the elections. To date, the ruling party has not yet released the electoral records, despite multiple international complaints.
Based on Milei’s sayings about the elections, the Venezuelan government expelled the Argentine diplomatic corpswho left the country hours later, and from that moment the representation was in the hands of Brazil.
After the elections, the opposition candidate was forced to leave the country since the Venezuelan prosecutor’s office filed an arrest warrant, accused of conspiracy, usurpation of functions, instigation of rebellion and sabotage. Since September 8, he has been exiled in Spain although he is already preparing to return, together with Maria Corina Machadoto assume the presidency on January 10, despite the resistance of the regime of Ripe.
In addition to Milei, international figures such as the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloniand the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenthey recognized Gonzalez Urrutia as the president-elect. For its part, the Supreme Court of Venezuela ratified the current ruler, Nicolas Maduroas the winner of the presidential elections.
“The Venezuelan Constitution only allows one president. I am the one who will take office on January 10“, said González Urrutia.
In the last hours, the opposition leader asked Venezuelans to continue together “with the commitment to enforce that mandate in 2025” and that January 10 be “the day of the hug, in the streets of our country, among all Venezuelans without distinctions or vendettas.”
Growing tension between Argentina and Venezuela due to the kidnapping of gendarme Nahuel Gallo
On the other hand, the meeting between Urrutia and the President will take place in a context of a strong diplomatic tension with Venezuela behind him kidnapping of gendarme Nahuel Gallo on December 8 in Caracas.
This Thursday, the national government filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (CPI) for the “arbitrary detention and forced disappearance of Nahuel Gallo“, as indicated in a statement released by the Foreign Ministry.
“The Argentine Republic informs that it has filed a complaint before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the arbitrary detention and forced disappearance of the Argentine citizen Nahuel Gallowhich occurred on December 8, 2024 in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, pointing to Attorney General Tarek William Saab in the framework of this case,” the letter stated.
The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrichspoke out on his social networks against the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, based on this fact and pointed out: “Crime that cannot be prescribed by the perpetrators. We are not going to allow the regime to take Nahuel hostage. Justice now! Or there will be consequences”.
Source: Ambito
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