Venezuela top prosecutor again summons opposition leader

29/8/2024 17:45

        Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said, Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez will speak remotely with the foreign ministers of the 27 European Union member states on Thursday in Brussels.
        
        Gonzalez, a 74-year-old former diplomat, ran against current Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in a presidential election last month that was not transparent according to the opposition, some Western countries and international bodies like a United Nations panel of experts.
        
        Albares told reporters ahead of a meeting with EU foreign affairs ministers in Brussels, "Edmundo Gonzalez will connect today to give us his point of view."
        Albares added, "It is a request that was made to me personally and that I conveyed to the high representative (Josep Borrell) and that I supported."
        
        Venezuela's electoral council and its top court have proclaimed Maduro, in power since 2013, as the winner of the July 28 election, but has not published complete voting tallies.
        
        Venezuela's opposition has published its own tallies on an opposition website showing a resounding victory for Gonzalez, giving him 67% support.