In Dominican Republiclast stop on the American tour of Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia and where he spent the night last night, the silence is total this Friday about the plans of the Venezuelan opposition just a few hours away presidential inauguration in Venezuela.
Although yesterday González, who claims to have won the elections of Venezuela last July, and the former Latin American leaders of the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (Grupo Idea) who accompanied him in Santo Domingo, insisted on their intention to swear him in as president today. This Friday silence reigns, but in the hotel where they host there is a wide police deployment and the taking of images.
As EFE was able to verify, at the entrance of the hotel there are police and a van from the elite SWAT command.
Just last night former president of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla told the press that “at the moment (González’s) intentions remain the same, the spirit is the same even though we are outraged by what happened with María Machado, but an assessment is required on his part. Most likely this is known once they have the opportunity to talk.
Chinchilla made reference to the Command’s complaint with Venezuelaof the majority opposition Venezuelan, that the opposition leader was “held” after being “intercepted and knocked off the motorcycle she was traveling on”, after leading a march in Caracas, after 133 days in hiding.
This Friday, Venezuela has announced the closure of its land border with Colombia and the suspension of flights with this country hours before the inauguration ceremony of the Presidency of Venezuelain which Nicolas Maduro is preparing to revalidate his mandate.
The governor of the Venezuelan state of Táchira (west), the Chavista Freddy Bernalreported the closure of the border with Colombia in response to information – he said – of an alleged “international conspiracy“, prior to the inauguration of the Presidency.
For his part, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia indicated that the authorities of Venezuela They informed him that “they will close the border with Colombia and its airspace for 72 hours starting at 5:00 am today, January 10, 2025.”
On July 28, the opponent Edmundo Gonzalez faced at the polls with Nicolas Maduroin a presidential election that the opposition bloc claims to have won, according to the minutes it claims to have gathered, but the Venezuelan National Electoral Council, controlled by the ruling party, decreed the victory of the until now president of Venezuela.
