This visit is part of his search for support before the controversial presidential inauguration of Nicolás Maduro.
Edmundo González remains in exile in Spain.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, will meet tomorrow, Monday, with the Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutiaas confirmed to EFE by an official source familiar with the logistics of the visit.
Gonzalez Urrutia announced his arrival in Washington DC with a brief message on X this Sunday afternoonthe third stop on an international tour that began on Saturday and in which he met with the Argentine president Javier Milei and the Uruguayan Luis Lacalle Pou.
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No further details have been released about the expected meeting with Biden tomorrow, which It is part of his search for support before the controversial presidential inauguration of Nicolás Maduroscheduled for next January 10.
Yesterday, at a press conference in Buenos Aires, González Urrutia said that his agenda in the US was yet to be defined, but he did contemplate “meetings with political leaders represented in Congress” and a “conversation” with Biden.
And he added that he was waiting for “definitions regarding the new authorities,” when asked about an eventual meeting with Donald Trump, who will assume the Presidency on January 20.
Several support groups for the former Venezuelan presidential candidate have called for a rally on social networks. to welcome you at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS).
According to a publication on Instagram from the teams abroad of Comando ConVzla and the Vente Venezuela movement, that welcome to the Venezuelan “president-elect” seeks to be “a symbol of hope and unity for all Venezuelans abroad.”
González Urrutia’s meeting with the US president and the Venezuelan diaspora will take place on a difficult day for travel in the US capital, since a heavy snowfall is expected.
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In addition, tomorrow there are other important events in Washington, such as the certification of Trump’s electoral victory in Congress on the fourth anniversary of the assault on the Capitol by his followers and the funeral ceremonies for former President Jimmy Carter.
After the elections in Venezuela on July 28, The National Electoral Council (CNE), controlled by Chavismo, awarded the electoral victory to Maduroa result described as “fraud” by numerous countries and national and international organizations.
