This Thursday, Canada expressed that it “recognizes” that Edmundo González Urrutiaopposition candidate, He was the winner of the presidential elections in Venezuela on July 28 and who is the elected president of the South American nation.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Mélanie Joly, revealed in a message published on the social network On Wednesday he spoke with opposition leader María Corina Machado “to discuss the situation in Venezuela.”
During the conversation, Joly “reiterated Canada’s support for all those fighting so that the will of Venezuelans is respected.” Joly added: “Canada recognizes that Edmundo González Urrutia won the July 28 elections and is the elected president of Venezuela.”
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The conversation between Joly and Machado and Canada’s statement in support of González Urrutia occurs one day before Nicolás Maduro assumes a new term as Venezuelan president amid allegations of fraud by the opposition after the July 28 elections.
On December 17, Canada sanctioned the president of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela, Caryslia Rodríguez Rodríguez, as well as four other senior officials of the country for “undermine democracy” Venezuelan in relation to its actions against the opposition to the Maduro Government.
María Corina Machado is arrested after leaving the protest in Caracas against Maduro
For its part, María Corina Machado reappeared in a protest this Thursday in Caracas, after 133 days in hiding, to claim the electoral victory of the opponent Edmundo González Urrutia.
The leader was arrested after leaving the protest, as confirmed by Human Rights Watchand his party Vente Venezuela (VV) denounced that he had been “violently intercepted” in a message on social networks.
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