Major protests expected in Venezuela this week
There is a risk of major protests in Venezuela this week after the country's opposition called on the population to take to the streets when President Nicolás Maduro is sworn in on Thursday. In a post on social media, opposition politician María Corina Machado says that freedom "must be conquered".
Machado, like the EU, the US and the UN, has questioned Maduro's victory in the presidential election this summer. The electoral authority declared him the winner without reporting election data.
The country was shaken by major protests after the election. At least 28 people died and over 2,000 were arrested.
Opposition leader in the US to pressure Maduro
Opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who was forced to flee Venezuela after the scandal-ridden election this summer, is to meet US President Joe Biden today. The AFP news agency reports, citing an American source.
Gonzalez Urrutia has questioned President Nicolás Maduro’s alleged victory in the election and has vowed to return to be sworn in as the country’s new president. Maduro was declared the winner, but the electoral authority’s decision not to release the election results has been criticized by the opposition as well as the EU, US and UN.
In the past week, Gonzalez Urrutia has visited Argentina and Uruguay to put pressure on the president, who is due to be sworn in on Thursday. The opposition has called for protests in connection with the ceremony.
There is a risk of major protests in Venezuela this week after the country's opposition called on the population to take to the streets when President Nicolás Maduro is sworn in on Thursday. In a post on social media, opposition politician María Corina Machado says that freedom "must be conquered".
Machado, like the EU, the US and the UN, has questioned Maduro's victory in the presidential election this summer. The electoral authority declared him the winner without reporting election data.
The country was shaken by major protests after the election. At least 28 people died and over 2,000 were arrested.
Opposition leader in the US to pressure Maduro
Opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who was forced to flee Venezuela after the scandal-ridden election this summer, is to meet US President Joe Biden today. The AFP news agency reports, citing an American source.
Gonzalez Urrutia has questioned President Nicolás Maduro’s alleged victory in the election and has vowed to return to be sworn in as the country’s new president. Maduro was declared the winner, but the electoral authority’s decision not to release the election results has been criticized by the opposition as well as the EU, US and UN.
In the past week, Gonzalez Urrutia has visited Argentina and Uruguay to put pressure on the president, who is due to be sworn in on Thursday. The opposition has called for protests in connection with the ceremony.
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