The PUD asks Trump for protection for Venezuelan migrants
The main opposition coalition in Venezuela, Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), asked this Wednesday the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, to show solidarity with the fight of anti-Chavismo to put an end to the government of Nicolás Maduro through a political transition in the country.
“We trust that Trump understands and shows solidarity with our fight to consolidate the peaceful transition towards the change that Venezuelans decided on July 28,” when Venezuela held presidential elections, in which Maduro was proclaimed the winner by the National Electoral Council ( CNE), a result that the PUD rejects, which defends that the winner was its candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia.
The coalitionwho denounced fraud in those elections, congratulated the Republican on his victory in the US elections held on Tuesday, in which the magnate defeated Democrat Kamala Harris.
In its statement, the anti-Chavista bloc recalled that in the United States there are “more than 545,000 Venezuelan migrants who fled the crisis” in the country and that “they live and build a better future for themselves, their families and the community every day with their work.” nation that welcomed them.
“It is necessary to continue and deepen the policies that allow their integration and protection”added the PUD.
From the Democratic Unitary Platform, we congratulate the citizens of the United States for a peaceful and democratic election day this year. #5Nov and the president-elect, Donald Trump @realDonaldTrump. This process further strengthens democracy and the principle of…
— Unidad Venezuela (@unidadvenezuela) November 6, 2024
Edmundo González and Machado congratulated Trump
González Urrutia – exiled in Spain since September 8 – and his main ally, former deputy María Corina Machado, congratulated Trump, who in his previous administration (2017-2021) was Maduro’s main political adversary, whom he calls ” dictator,” and imposed numerous sanctions on the Chavista government, including restrictions on its oil industry.
The Maduro government also congratulated the Republican and He stressed his willingness to maintain “good relations” -officially broken since 2019-, framed in a spirit of “dialogue, respect and common sense.”
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