Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed this in his X account. Urrutia is currently a refugee in Spain.
The United States government formally recognized Edmundo González Urrutiacurrently exiled in Spain, as elected president of Venezuela. The announcement came ten days after Nicolás Maduro assured that there would be “a new beginning” after the triumph of Donald Trump.
Through a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, made the announcement. “The Venezuelan people spoke forcefully on July 28 and made @EdmundoGU the president-elect. “Democracy demands respect for the will of the voters,” wrote.
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He National Electoral Council proclaimed to Nicholas Ripe as winner of the presidential elections held on July 28. This generated a wave of fraud complaints from the opposition led by María Corina Machado, but also from many countries globally, including the United States.
González Urrutia has been a refugee in Spain since September, as he had an arrest warrant against him “for his “repeated non-appearances” before the prosecutor’s office, which was investigating him for “usurpation of functions, forging of a public document, conspiracy, sabotage and instigation to disobedience of the laws” after the opposition published its own electoral records that would demonstrate their victory in the elections.
Venezuela: at least 70 people have already been released after arrests in the July presidential elections
Venezuela released at least 70 people, after the wave of arrests amid the protests, after the presidential elections in July. The data was confirmed by Non-Governmental Organization Penal Forum.
According to data from the local human rights group, in the country There were more than 1,800 arrests after the July 28 elections. There, citizens came out to knock on pots and block streets for the official results that declared the president the winner. Nicolas Maduro.
Of the total, at least 69 are minors between 14 and 17 years old, according to the NGO.
Source: Ambito
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