US recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as Venezuelan ‘president-elect’
by Guardian staff and agencies in Caracas from on (#6SBHS)
Antony Blinken makes statement months after President Nicolas Maduro claimed to have won July contest
The US government has recognized Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as the president-elect" of the South American country, months after President Nicolas Maduro claimed to have won the July contest.
Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, recognized Gonzalez in a post on X in which he also demanded respect for the will" of Venezuelan voters.
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