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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 09:52 UTC

Tag: María Corina Machado

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 09:30 UTC

    Blinken reiterates US support to Venezuelan opposition leaders

    The United States “will continue to defend the return of democratic freedoms in Venezuela,” Blinken told González Urrutia and Machado

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday held a telephone conversation with Venezuelan opposition leaders María Corina Machado -who stayed in the South American country- and former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who has sought asylum in Spain. The official from President Joseph Biden's administration insisted his country would “continue to defend the return to democratic freedoms” in Venezuela.

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  • Sunday, September 8th 2024 - 18:36 UTC

    Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González arrives in Spain after receiving political asylum

    González’s departure was made possible through a coordinated diplomatic effort involving the Netherlands and Spain

    Edmundo González Urrutia, a prominent Venezuelan opposition leader who was elected, to many in the international community, as the legitimate winner of the July 28 presidential election, arrived in Spain this Sunday after being granted political asylum by the Spanish government. González had sought refuge at the Dutch Embassy in Caracas before securing his passage out of the country.

  • Friday, September 6th 2024 - 10:22 UTC

    Machado urges US to recognize González Urrutia as as President-elect of Venezuela

    “We need to move forward,” Machado argued

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado insisted Thursday that the United States should recognize Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate winner of the July 28 elections at which the incumbent Nicolás Maduro claims to have prevailed despite producing no evidence to support these allegations other than a declaration from the pro-Government National Electoral Council (CNE) and a ruling validating it from the subservient electoral branch of the Supreme Court (TSJ).

  • Monday, August 19th 2024 - 08:41 UTC

    Venezuelans stage ecumenic protest against elections dubious results

    Machado took center stage as González Urrutia did not participate in Saturday's protests

    Supporters of Venezuela's opposition Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD) took to the streets of Caracas and of numerous other cities worldwide Saturday to insist that their candidate Edmundo González Urrutia needs to be recognized as the winner of the July 28 polls instead of the incumbent Nicolás Maduro, whom the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced as victor despite never producing the minutes to back up such a statement.

  • Thursday, August 15th 2024 - 19:57 UTC

    Lula suggests new elections for Venezuela; Machado opposes

    Maduro knows he owes an explanation to society and to the world, Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday suggested Venezuela should hold fresh elections to solve the controversy stemming from the July 28 polls the National Electoral Council (CNE) said were won by incumbent President Nicolás Maduro without showing any evidence, while the opposition maintains Edmundo González Urrutia triumphed by a landslide.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 22:24 UTC

    Machado: It's best for Maduro to negotiate his way out

    The opposition leader would not object to “guarantees and incentives” being offered to help Maduro make up his mind

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado insisted Tuesday that, given the growing international repercussions of the July 28 elections, President Nicolás Maduro should negotiate his departure from office with her political group.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 07:48 UTC

    Venezuela’s opposition organizing a massive march for Saturday

    On Sunday, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado posted a video on social media platform X urging people to join the protest for “truth.”

    The Venezuelan opposition has called for global demonstrations on Saturday August 17 in support of its claimed victory over President Nicolás Maduro in July's presidential ballot. On that same day the National Electoral Council, CNE is supposed to give its final verdict on the election result.

  • Monday, August 12th 2024 - 06:51 UTC

    Machado announces ecumenic protest for Aug. 17

    “The truth is in sight: Edmundo González won. Venezuela won,” Machado insisted on social media

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado announced that on “Saturday, August 17, we will take to the streets of Venezuela and the world” to protest against the alleged fraud committed by the National Electoral Council (CNE) when it announced that the incumbent Nicolás Maduro had won the July 28 elections, thus earning the right to remain in office during the 2025-2031 term.

  • Saturday, August 10th 2024 - 08:48 UTC

    Machado announces ecumenic protest against Maduro

    The international community has understood what it means that Maduro intends to stay by force, Machado argued

    Venezuelan opposition leader announced Friday that “we will not leave the streets” and pledged to stage a worldwide demonstration in support of her stance regarding the outcome of the July 28 elections, which she insists Edmundo González Urrutia of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) won by 67% to 30% of the vote against the incumbent Nicolás Maduro, whom the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced as the winner.

  • Monday, August 5th 2024 - 21:00 UTC

    Machado and Gonález Urrutia urge Armed Forces to side with them as true election winners

    “We won this election without any discussion whatsoever,” Machado and González Urrutia insisted

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia issued a communiqué Monday urging the Armed and Security forces to side with the people and disobey Nicolás Maduro's orders to suppress any protest after the alleged electoral fraud of July 28 whereby the incumbent head of state was chosen for the 2025-2031 term.

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