US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has held a phone call with Venezuelan opposition leaders Edmundo González and María Corina Machado. The Trump White House reaffirmed González as "Venezuela’s rightful president," continuing the Biden-era approach toward Venezuela.
The administration also reiterated its demand for the release of political prisoners and maintained sanctions against Nicolás Maduro's government. The $25 million bounty for Maduro and other officials remains in place.
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"The US blessing of González as president-elect has emboldened the far-right opposition. González predicted, 'I’m convinced I will somehow travel to Venezuela to take over.' [...] For now, two contending forces claim the Venezuelan presidency, harking back to 2019."
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The Venezuelan government has rejected the Biden administration’s latest employment of “worn-out intervention strategies” by recognizing former opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as “president-elect.”
The statement emphasized that Venezuela would respond with “firmness” and “dignity” to “any attempt to undermine stability or incite violence.”
Caracas has broken diplomatic ties with Paraguay's President Santiago Peña for hosting González in what the Venezuelan government has called an act of subordination to “the interests of foreign powers.”
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