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Together with the European Union, we are working for a peaceful and democratic transition in Venezuela so that the preference expressed by the Venezuelan people for president-elect González Urrutia, and their legitimate aspirations of freedom and democracy, can finally become reality,
said Meloni
It is clear to the United States, to democratic nations around the world, and to independent international organizations that observed the July 28 elections that opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia won the most votes. That makes him the president-elect,
a State Department spokesperson told CNN Tuesday
The only place you can’t come back from is from being ridiculous,’ so goes the popular saying. However, Blinken, a self-confessed enemy of Venezuela, insists on doing it again.”
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil criticized Blinken’s declaration, saying on XWe deeply appreciate the recognition of the sovereign will of all Venezuelans. This gesture honors our people’s desire for change and the civic feat that we carried out together on July 28.”
Gonzalez on Tuesday thanked the US for the move, sayingThe Venezuelan people overwhelmingly and unequivocally expressed their desire for democratic change—the publicly available voting tally sheets say so,
they said
The Venezuelan people spoke resoundingly on July 28 and made @EdmundoGU the president-elect,
Blinken posted
In the last days of his government, he should dedicate himself to reflecting on his failures, getting rid of imperial and colonial complexes and going to write the memoirs of how the Bolivarian Revolution made him bite the dust of defeat, just like his predecessors,
Gil said of Blinken in a statement, which did not mention election results
That makes him the president-elect,
the spokesperson said
Your slogan is ‘Make America Great Again’. And, paraphrasing your slogan, I’d say that our slogan is to make the united Venezuela, Latin America and the Caribbean great.”
Addressing Trump, Maduro said
In his first government … Trump wasn’t good to us [but] this is a new start,
said Maduro during a live TV broadcastI think the elections were a mistake,
Petro said
We deeply appreciate the recognition of the sovereign will of all Venezuelans,
González said in a post on X shortly after Blinken's statement Tuesday