Tag: Edmundo Gonzalez

Venezuela’s Opposition candidate Edmundo González calls for Presidential elections

May 30, 2026 admin

Venezuelan Opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. File | Photo Credit: AFP Venezuela’s former Opposition candidate Edmundo González called on Saturday (May 30, 2026) for Presidential elections as the five-month mark of interim President Delcy Rodríguez’s administration approaches in the wake of the U.S. military intervention that ousted Nicolás Maduro in early January. The 76-year-old former…

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Fear, disease and debt afflict Venezuelans released from prison after post-election arrests

January 31, 2025 admin

Relatives of prisoners detained in a post-election crackdown wait outside of Tocuyito Prison after a visit, in Tocuyito, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro labeled them as terrorists on national television. They were plucked from pharmacies, apartment buildings and other locations, and thrown in prison for months. Many…

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Venezuela’s opposition ex-candidate says forced to sign letter that effectively admits defeat

September 19, 2024 admin

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez. | Photo Credit: Reuters Venezuela’s former opposition candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez, on Wednesday (September 18, 2024) said he was coerced into signing a letter effectively recognising his defeat in July’s presidential election, which electoral authorities claim was won by President Nicolas Maduro. The revelation of the letter is the latest…

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Venezuela Opposition Presidential Candidate Leaves For Spain As Diplomatic Tensions Rise

September 8, 2024 admin

File photo Caracas: Venezuela’s former presidential opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has left for Spain in the wake of the South American country’s contested election, Venezuelan and Spanish officials said on Saturday night after a day of rising diplomatic tensions. Gonzalez, 75, who ran against President Nicolas Maduro in July, left after “voluntarily seeking refuge in…

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What’s Happening With Venezuela Election And Why US Is Concerned

July 30, 2024 admin

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in the country’s presidential election CARACAS: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in the country’s presidential election in the early hours of Monday morning, even as the country’s opposition said its candidate Edmundo Gonzalez was the victor and it had the polling to prove it. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE…

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