USA acknowledges Edmundo González Urrutia as elected president of Venezuela | EUROtoday

It was the primary time that the US authorities referred to González Urrutia because the “president-elect”. The 75-year-old ran within the presidential election towards left-wing politician Nicolás Maduro, who has been in energy since 2013.

After the vote, the electoral fee, which is essentially loyal to the federal government, declared incumbent Maduro the winner with 52 % of the vote. However, the opposition is assured of its candidate’s victory and has printed outcomes to show this.

The USA, the EU and a number of other South American international locations refused to acknowledge Maduro’s formally introduced election victory and demanded that detailed election outcomes be launched. A number of days after the election, González Urrutia went into hiding and initially took refuge within the Spanish embassy in Caracas earlier than touring to Spain on September eighth, which granted him asylum.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil described Blinken’s transfer as “ridiculous.” On the web service Telegram he declared that Blinken was a “declared enemy of Venezuela”.