Edmundo González: “We have every intention of arriving in Venezuela on January 10”

The opposition Edmundo González Urrutia offered a press conference shortly after meeting at the Casa Rosada of Argentina with the president of that country, Javier Milei, whose government has recognized him as the elected president of Venezuela. The politician embarked on an international agenda that seeks to gather support to be able to assume power on January 10, when President Nicolás Maduro plans to be sworn in again.

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When you start your intervention He declared himself “very moved by the receptivity of Venezuelans in the Plaza de Mayo, “It was a large concentration.” And hundreds of people crowded into the place and shouted “President, president” and “freedom.”

Javier Milei, Edmundo González Urrutia, the Argentine Foreign Minister, Gerardo Werthein, the Secretary General of the Presidency and sister of President Milei, Karina, and the wife of the Venezuelan opponent, Mercedes, came out to the balcony of the Casa Rosada (seat of the Argentine Executive). who always accompanies him in his political battle, among others.

Milei gave the spotlight to González Urrutia, who greeted those gathered while they shouted “president, president” and received applause and cheers. The mass of people who chanted and applauded him constituted a tide of red, yellow and blue, the colors of the Venezuelan flag, as they carried banners, caps and t-shirts with those tones.

Afterwards, the Argentine president took his hand and both raised them in a greeting while “thank you, Milei” was heard among those gathered.

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This was said by the opponent in the middle of the press conference, who revealed that he is embarking on a trip to Montevideo, in Uruguay, and then he will head to the United States at night or early Sunday morning, where he assured that he will meet with Joe Biden.

He will also travel to Panama and the Dominican Republic. He explained that he will not go to Chile because its president, Gabriel Boric, is not in the nation.

Regarding January 10, he expressed that “it is a date full of emotions, not only because of what my presence in Caracas that day represents, but because of the reward and other things. I am not going to reveal more than what I have said. My intention is to go to Venezuela simply to take possession of the mandate that the Venezuelans gave me when they elected me with more than 7 million votes.” “I’m not afraid at all”, he stated.

He did not give details of what it will be like because, he stated, “the circumstances are very complicated,” and added that María Corina Machado “has done everything she should have done during the campaign.”