The US ratifies its recognition of Edmundo González
The United States affirmed this Wednesday that the recognition of the opponent Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect of Venezuela has nothing to do with the end of Joe Biden’s government, but rather who gave Nicolás Maduro time to See if it changed position.
Matthew Millerspokesperson for the State Department, said that the decision is due to the intention of “calling a spade a spade.” Likewise, due to the lack of evidence from the government of Ripe regarding the official result of the July 28 elections.
The reason
“It has nothing to do with the fact that we are at the end of the administration,” said the State Department spokesperson at a press conference, referring to the fact that Republican Donald Trump will take office on January 20.
“It has to do with the fact that we were allowing time to pass to see if the international pressure that other countries and the United States were exerting on Maduro led to a change of position on his part,” he added. “It has not been like that, we are going to call the facts as we see them.”
It’s official. The United States recognizes @EdmundoGU as the elected President of Venezuela.
“Maduro never presented evidence of the “triumph” he claims and we gave him time for that, so it is appropriate not only to say that Edmundo González won the election but that he is the President… pic.twitter.com/x6vbAaxcpH— Carla Angola TV (@carlaangola) November 20, 2024
The US reasons for recognizing Edmundo González
- It has nothing to do with the end of the Biden administration.
- Intention to qualify the facts as they are seen.
- Lack of evidence on the part of Chavismo to demonstrate the supposed victory.
- Electoral records published by the opposition.
USA recognized on Tuesday for the first time in public to the standard-bearer of the majority opposition, Edmundo González Urrutia, as elected president of Venezuela after the elections of July 28.
«The Venezuelan people spoke out forcefully on July 28 and named Edmundo González as president-elect. “Democracy demands respect for the will of the voters,” said Secretary of State Antony Blinken on social media.
On August 1, the Biden administration recognized González Urrutia as the winner of the elections, but I had until now avoided calling him president-elect of Venezuela.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed in those elections the re-election of Nicolás Maduro as president of Venezuela, but the organization has not published the minutes with the disaggregated results of the elections.
The Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), the main opposition coalition in the country, presented minutes that give victory to its candidate, González Urrutia, who since September He is exiled in Spain.
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