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Montevideo, April 23rd 2025 - 21:43 UTC

Tag: María Corina Machado

  • Friday, February 28th 2025 - 08:32 UTC

    Machado says Chavista regime threatens her neighbors

    “We are facing a criminal system; this is not a political crisis,” Machado underlined

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado denounced on Thursday that “unidentified men” attempted to force their way into her home in Caracas' Los Palos Grandes area and insisted these people representing Bolivarian ruler Nicolás Maduro's “furious tyranny” threatened to arrest her neighbors and a watchman.

  • Friday, January 31st 2025 - 08:34 UTC

    Venezuela: Israel's FM says his country supports González Urrutia

    Venezuela will be an ally of all the world's democracies once Maduro is toppled, Machado told Sa'ar (R)

    Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar Thursday told Venezuelan opposition leaders Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado that the Middle East country had its South American counterpart's freedom in mind: “Venezuela shall be free,” Sa'ar insisted during a telephone conversation. He also invited the man most Western nations recognize as the legitimate winner of the controversial July 28, 2024, elections to visit Israel shortly.

  • Thursday, January 23rd 2025 - 22:14 UTC

    Rubio ratifies US recognition of González Urrutia as Venezuela's true President

    Rubio reaffirmed the United States' support for the restoration of democracy in Venezuela

    Venezuelan opposition leaders were told by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the Donald Trump administration would hold Edmundo González Urrutia as the truthful President of Venezuela following the controversial July 28, 2024, elections Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won based only on a declaration from the National Electoral Council (CNE) later upheld by the Supreme Court, both of which are under the control of the Chavista regime.

  • 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.

  • Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 23:59 UTC

    María Corina Machado leads demonstrations in Caracas that end in confusing arrest claims

    State forces allegedly shot at Machado's bodyguards

    Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, was intercepted and detained this Thursday in Caracas in the middle of a demonstration called by the opposition on the eve of the inauguration for the 2025-2031 term of Nicolás Maduro, even though there is no evidence to support his victory in the July 28 Presidential elections. However, the situation surrounding Machado remains unclear after the circulation of different versions that ratify her freedom after the violent episode.

  • 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 - 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 - 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.

  • Friday, January 3rd 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Milei and González Urrutia to meet at Casa Rosada

    González Urrutia will be on tour ahead of the Jan. 10 inaugurationic (GETTY IMAGES)

    President Javier Milei will be meeting Saturday in Casa Rosada with Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, who has been recognized by many countries -including Argentina- as the legitimate winner of the controversial July 28 elections where the incumbent Nicolás Maduro was announced as victor for a new term starting on Jan. 10.

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