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Venezuelan far-right former presidential candidate, Edmundo González, appears at Puerta del Sol Square in Madrid, Spain, to support the "protest" against the election results in Venezuela, on September 28, 2024. Photo: Ana Beltran/Reuters/File photo.
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has announced that his government recognizes the former far-right Venezuelan opposition candidate, Edmundo González, as so-called “president-elect of Venezuela,” in their insistence to repeat a script that failed and now seeks to impose a new Juan Guaidó.
During the last session of the G20 Summit held this Tuesday, November 19, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Antony Blinken announced the US entity’s decision to recognize González as the so-called “president-elect,” reflecting a change in the administration of Joe Biden, who is about to leave the White House.
Following the July 28 Venezuelan presidential election, the US empire had not openly recognized the former far-right candidate as the alleged winner of the Venezuelan election, where President Nicolás Maduro had been proclaimed the winner by the National Electoral Council (CNE) and later by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ).
Agradecemos profundamente el reconocimiento a la voluntad soberana de todos los venezolanos. Este gesto honra el deseo de cambio de nuestro pueblo y la gesta cívica que juntos protagonizamos el pasado 28 de julio. https://t.co/cll01xyAsZ
— Edmundo González (@EdmundoGU) November 19, 2024
In clear disregard of the will of over six million Venezuelans, Blinken published a message via social media, in which he claimed that on July 28, Edmundo González was named—under an authority that the US empire does not hold—as the so-called “president-elect” of Venezuela.
In a new act of US imperial intervention, Blinken ironically also demanded “respect” for the will of the voters.
In response, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil condemned Blinken, “a self-confessed enemy of Venezuela,” for insisting on “making a fool of himself now with a Guaidó 2.0.”
Through social media, Gil invited the US official to dedicate his last days in government to reflecting on his failures and ridding himself of such deeply ingrained imperial and colonial complexes.
“The fictive plan of yet another Secretary of State,” wrote the Venezuelan diplomat, “who sank, along with his puppets, trying to reverse Venezuelan democracy, never fails [to expose themselves].”
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González rejoices
Less that one hour after Blinken’s post, the far-right Venezuelan politician—still under asylum in Spain—responded on the same platform in deep appreciation of the US entity’s interventionist gesture.
“We deeply appreciate the recognition of the sovereign will of all Venezuelans,” González claimed on his X account. “This gesture honors our people’s desire for change and the civic feat that we carried out together on July 28.”
Until now, Joe Biden’s government had not made any formal statements on the matter, nor had it used the term “president-elect” in relation to Edmundo González Urrutia. Time will tell if, after January 10, the date on which President Nicolás Maduro will be sworn in, the US government will name González as the new “legitimate president” of Venezuela, as happened at the time with Juan Guaidó, in the empire’s attempt to oust Nicolás Maduro and the strength of the Chavista movement.
(RedRadioVE) by Ana Perdigón with Orinoco Tribune content
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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