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Montevideo, January 21st 2025 - 04:15 UTC

Tag: Edmundo González Urrutia

  • Monday, January 20th 2025 - 06:30 UTC

    Peña tells González Urrutia about Paraguay's support for democracy in Venezuela

    Peña and González Urrutia (L) are in Washington DC to attend Donald Trump's inauguration

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña met Sunday in Washington DC with Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, whom many believed should have been sworn in on Jan. 10 last after winning the controversial July 28, 2024, elections where the incumbent Nicolás Maduro claimed to have prevailed despite producing no evidence thereto besides declarations from offices controlled by the Chavista regime.

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  • Saturday, January 11th 2025 - 09:59 UTC

    González Urrutia says he is close to returning to Venezuela

    “And to the military and police forces, I order the cessation of repression,” González Urrutia said as if he had officially assumed the presidency

    Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, for many the legitimate winner of the July 28, 2024, elections even after Nicolás Maduro's inauguration for a new six-year term, said he was “close” to return to the country and called on the Armed Forces to “disregard illegal orders” from the Bolivarian de facto regime.

  • Friday, January 10th 2025 - 22:50 UTC

    Machado says Maduro committed a coup d'état

    “Maduro violated the Constitution flanked by the dictators of Cuba and Nicaragua,” Machado underlined in a video posted on social networks

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Nicolás Maduro carried out a coup d'état by swearing in as President on Friday instead of Edmundo González Urrrutia who failed to return to Caracas for the occasion as he had promised.

  • Friday, January 10th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Uruguay advises against traveling to Venezuela

    Montevideo insisted that this was just a recommendation and that travelers may go anywhere at their own risk

    Uruguay's Foreign Ministry issued a statement this week advising against traveling to Venezuela, where “arbitrary detentions and kidnappings” by authorities and paramilitary groups are known to have been occurring. There is even a Uruguayan national among those missing, Montevideo insisted.

  • Wednesday, January 8th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Chavista regime abducts González Urrutia's son-in-law

    González Urrutia announced he still planned to go to Panama before Friday

    Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia called off his agenda in the United States Tuesday after announcing that his son-in-law Rafael Tudares had been abducted by Nicolás Maduro's Bolivarian regime. Both Maduro and González Urrutia claim to have won the controversial July 28, 2024, elections and said they intend to be sworn in for the 2025-2031 term on Friday.

  • Monday, January 6th 2025 - 22:00 UTC

    Paraguay recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as President-elect and breaks diplomatic ties with Caracas

    Paraguay gave Venezuela's diplomatic mission 48 hours to leave the country

    The Paraguayan Government of President Santiago Peña Monday announced it was recognizing Edmundo González Urrutia of the opposition Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD) as the legitimate winner of the July 28, 2024, elections in Venezuela, which prompted a diplomatic breakup with Nicolás Maduro's regime.

  • Monday, January 6th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    González Urrutia recalls that his inauguration would make him commander-in-chief of Venezuela's armed forces

    The retired diplomat is meeting US President Joseph Biden on Monday

    Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia who insists he won the controversial July 28 elections and will be sworn in next Friday in Caracas warned his country's armed forces that, as of that day, he will become their “commander in chief.” As such, he demanded absolute loyalty, which has nonetheless been pledged to the incumbent Nicolás Maduro.

  • Monday, January 6th 2025 - 10:38 UTC

    María Corina Machado calls for mass protests against Maduro in Venezuela

    ‘Freedom cannot be begged for, it can be fought for and won. We cannot achieve change if we are paralysed’, she said

    Opposition leader María Corina Machado on Sunday called for a day of demonstrations on Thursday, January 9 in Venezuela, the eve of Nicolás Maduro's swearing-in for a third term, amid allegations of electoral fraud.

  • Saturday, January 4th 2025 - 16:34 UTC

    Milei welcomes González Urrutia at Casa Rosada

    After meeting with Milei, González Urrutia is due in Montevideo later Saturday for an encounter with President Luis Lacalle Pou

    Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, whom many regard as the truthful winner of the July 28 elections in his country, was welcomed Saturday by Argentine President Javier Milei at the Casa Rosada. He made Buenos Aires the first stop of his tour ahead of what he has announced will be his inauguration on Jan. 10 in Caracas despite Nicolás Maduro's regime planning otherwise and offering a US$100,000 reward for his head.

  • Saturday, January 4th 2025 - 11:56 UTC

    The challenge for Edmundo González, touring Argentina and Uruguay: can he avoid a new Guaidó scenario?

    After Jan 10th, what happens in Caracas may be key for the region's future.

    Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia visits Montevideo this Saturday as part of a regional tour aimed at obtaining international backing to assume the Presidency of Venezuela next January 10, after declaring himself the winner of last July's elections, according to the voting tallies collected by the opposition. During his stay, he will meet with President Luis Lacalle Pou and Foreign Minister Omar Paganini, who reiterated Uruguay's support to the legitimacy of his electoral triumph.

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