Venezuela restricts diplomats from ‘hostile’ European countries

The foreign ministry in Caracas announced it would limit the number of accredited diplomats from France, Italy and the Netherlands to three.
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Venezuela puts a price on the head of exiled opposition candidate

Spain granted Edmundo González Urrutia asylum on 20 December after Venezuela announced charges of conspiracy and racketeering against him.
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Press release – Parliament honours Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado

President Metsola presented the Sakharov Prize 2024 to Venezuela’s Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado at a ceremony on Tuesday in Strasbourg.Committee on Foreign AffairsCommittee on DevelopmentSubcommittee on Human Rights Source : © Eur…

Press release – 2024 Sakharov Prize: interviews with the laureates and finalists

The awards ceremony for the 2024 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought laureates, María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia, will be held on Tuesday 17 December.Committee on Foreign AffairsCommittee on DevelopmentSubcommittee on Human Rights So…

Press release – María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia awarded 2024 Sakharov Prize

The leader of Venezuela’s democratic forces and the opposition candidate in the July presidential elections will receive the 2024 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.Committee on Foreign AffairsCommittee on DevelopmentSubcommittee on Human Rights Sou…

Press release – Venezuela: MEPs recognise Edmundo González as President

The EU should do its utmost to ensure that Edmundo González Urrutia, the legitimate and democratically elected President of Venezuela, can take office on 10 January 2025. Source : © European Union, 2024 – EP

Spain denies coercing Venezuelan opposition leader as diplomatic row deepens

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares on Thursday strongly denied that Madrid had forced Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia to sign a document recognising the victory of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in the recent electi…

European Parliament recognises opposition Edmundo González as legitimate president of Venezuela 

The European Parliament recognised Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate and democratically elected president of the country with a non-binding resolution passed on Thursday (19 September). 

EPP wants sanctions and international arrest warrant for Maduro

The European Parliament’s largest group, the European People’s Party (EPP) have filed a resolution calling on EU countries to recognise opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate president of Venezuela and to do all they can to ensure…

Sánchez pledges support to Venezuelan opposition leader amid diplomatic row

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday pledged his full support to Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, who has been in exile in Spain since Sunday, as he tries to find a way out of the South American country’s political cri…

Spain’s Sánchez to seek a unified EU approach to solve Venezuelan political crisis

Spain will not recognise Edmundo González Urrutia’s claimed victory in Venezuela’s recent election but will work towards a unified EU stance to negotiate with Nicolás Maduro’s regime for a resolution to the political crisis, Spanish Prime Minister Pedr…

Spanish PM Sánchez in China to meet Xi, boost trade

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is in China’s capital Monday (9 September) for talks with top officials including President Xi Jinping, keen to boost economic ties despite a trade standoff between Beijing and the EU.

Guns, migrants, oil: Is it possible to oust Venezuela’s regime?

Nicolás Maduro doesn’t care about your evidence or your condemnations.

Venezuela opposition candidate González leaves for Spain as diplomatic tensions rise

Venezuela’s former presidential opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia has left for Spain in the wake of the South American country’s contested election, Venezuelan and Spanish officials said on Saturday night (7 September).

EU won’t recognise ‘democratic legitimacy’ of Venezuela’s Maduro

European Union foreign ministers agreed on Thursday (29 August) they would not recognise the “democratic legitimacy” of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro following the country’s disputed election, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.

Brazil, Colombia urge new Venezuela vote, as opposition cries foul

The presidents of Brazil and Colombia called Thursday (15 August) for fresh elections in Venezuela — a proposal quickly rejected by the opposition, who slammed the strongman for blocking a “political transition.”

West hits pause on fresh measures against Venezuela’s Maduro

More than two weeks after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claimed reelection victory, the US and other Western countries are showing little sign of swift tough action over what many of them have condemned as voting fraud.

Venezuela’s Maduro blocks X access in country for 10 days

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday (8 August) took tensions with social media platform X and its owner Elon Musk to new heights, banning the platform in the South American country for 10 days amid furore over a disputed presidential electi…

EU joins refusals to recognize Maduro as Venezuela vote winner

The EU heaped further international pressure Sunday (4 August) on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, joining the US and Latin American nations in refusing to recognize the win he has claimed in the recent election marked by fraud allegations.

Seven EU states call on Venezuela to publish voting records

The leaders of seven European Union states called on Venezuela Saturday (3 August) to publish its voting records to show the “full transparency and integrity of the electoral process”.