
Edmundo González leaves Venezuela and heads to Spain after receiving political asylum
The opposition leader has accepted the offer from the Spanish government, in which former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero played a key role

The opposition leader has accepted the offer from the Spanish government, in which former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero played a key role

The director of the Inter-American Dialogue’s Rule of Law Program talks about the scenarios for the country and ideas to generate legal incentives for a democratic transition in her native country

The Chavista leader took advantage of his television program to announce a change in the festive calendar. ‘It is September and it already smells like Christmas’

The Public Prosecutor’s Office accuses the presidential candidate of five crimes related to the publication of the voting records, with which the opposition claims electoral fraud in Nicolás Maduro’s victory

Following an investigation launched in July that confirmed massive irregularities in the program, new measures have been imposed to avoid fraud

The opposition candidate has been summoned to appear before the Prosecutor’s Office and faces an arrest warrant if he does not comply. The government accuses him of conspiracy for having published the voting records with which he claims victory over Nicolás Maduro
The Venezuelan president marked a month since the National Electoral Council proclaimed him the winner of the disputed election with fresh attacks against opposition leaders
The opposition is trying to keep the spirit alive on the streets despite the judicial and police harassment aimed at eroding its leaders and supporters

The opposition’s presidential candidate remains under protection, surrounded by his family and in permanent contact with his team and trusted friends

Almost all of the judges of the TSJ, which validated the president’s controversial victory, have been politically affiliated with Chavismo

The court’s ruling was anticipated by the opposition, with presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia warning that the TSJ could not assume the functions of the National Electoral Council

The presidential candidate has warned that the audit of the tally sheets being done by the TSJ, which is controlled by the ruling party, only aims to ‘validate electoral fraud’

The Venezuelan president reinvented himself from a position of power and turned his lack of charisma into a talent

Despite the intensifying political crisis in the country, both Maduro’s ruling party and the opposition have dismissed the solutions put forward to date

The three men have been camping outside the organization’s headquarters in New York for a week in protest against the political situation in their country

The FANB leadership has sworn ‘absolute loyalty’ to the president in the face of allegations of fraud. However, according to analysts, there is discontent in the barracks over the election results

In an interview, with EL PAÍS, the Venezuelan opposition leader says she’s convinced that a change in the country is possible this time: ‘Our records are available for anyone who wants to analyze them’

The Cuban festival, which has been going on for over 60 years according to some estimates, begins when the heat of the summer months arrives in the Big Apple

The sweeping crackdown following the election has targeted teenagers, journalists and politicians in what critics say is the worst repression since Pinochet

The July 28 elections mark an even greater stage of decline of the Chavista project, which has become a burden for Latin American progressivism, which never embraced it, but never criticized it either

Amid a general retreat to alleviate the wave of repression, the opposition has placed part of its hopes on the efforts of the international community

Protesters who took to the streets over suspected fraud in the presidential election have torn down monuments in tribute to the commander in several cities in the country

The toppling of five statues is a sign that Maduro’s government no longer has to pay tribute to the founding father of Chavismo in Venezuela

The opposition is defending itself against the repression of Chavismo and is calling for transparency in the official results. Meanwhile, they are waiting for negotiations with the international community to make progress

The lack of transparency has made it extremely difficult to verify the results. But the opposition has so far presented more detailed information and allowed its numbers to be scrutinized, which gives them more credibility

State Secretary Antony Blinken says ‘overwhelming evidence’ shows that Edmundo González Urrutia ‘won the most votes,’ rather than President Nicolás Maduro

Nicolás Maduro’s inner circle has threatened to arrest Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado and is not relenting to pressure from the United States and leftist leaders who demand a verifiable result