Havana/The Council for the Democratic Transition in Cuba (CTDC), one of the main platforms for articulating the opposition on the Island, called this Sunday for a peaceful transition to democracy in Venezuela, after the United States operation in Caracas and the arrest of Nicolás Maduro.
“We recognize that the origin of this situation is found in the profound national and international illegitimacy of the Government of Nicolás Maduro, an ally of groups and countries recognized as terrorists and immersed in drug trafficking,” the opposition platform on the Island said in a statement.
The CTDC stressed that sovereignty “cannot be invoked by regimes that have broken the basic principle of democratic legitimacy” and gave the example of the Island. “Beyond their impact on Venezuela, a country to which we are united by a common history and that we feel as a brother, these events have direct implications for Cuba”he added.
“These events have direct implications for Cuba”
Likewise, he stated that the fall of “an authoritarian figure and the probable collapse of a power structure based on repression, international crime and illegitimacy highlight an inescapable reality.”
Furthermore, he considered that Maduro “ignored the popular will expressed in the elections of July 28, 2024, where Edmundo González was elected, supported as president by the majority of the people and the Venezuelan democratic opposition,” and whom he stated that “as an expression of citizen sovereignty, he supports without fissures.”
However, for the United States, in the voice of Marco Rubio, Secretary of State and who is in charge of this process, the elections in which Edmundo González participated were “illegitimate,” stating this Sunday on NBC that the process lacked “democratic validity.”
The Venezuelan opposition has regained strength and has begun to mobilize around the world
After Maduro’s capture, the Venezuelan opposition has regained strength and has begun to mobilize around the world. An example of this is the conversation that the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, had with Maria Corina Machadoto express his country’s support for a “peaceful, negotiated and led by Venezuelans” transition process, in contrast to the recent statements of Donald Trump’s Government.
The head of government’s office said in a statement that Carney conveyed Machado’s “unwavering support” and that the transition process must be anchored in the “sovereign right of the Venezuelan people to decide and build their own future in a peaceful and democratic society.”
Both the Canadian Prime Minister and Machado stated that it is “important to take advantage of this opportunity for freedom, democracy, peace and prosperity in Venezuela.”
The European Commission expressed itself in the same vein, which this Monday called for a democratic transition in Venezuela that includes María Corina Machado and Edmundo González, through community spokesperson Anitta Hipper at the commission’s daily press conference.
The European Commission called for a democratic transition in Venezuela that includes María Corina Machado and Edmundo González
While the steps that Venezuela will follow after the capture of Maduro are outlined, the Venezuelan diaspora the world continues to celebrate. In Miami, for example, the celebrations continued this Sunday with the hope that Machado or Edmundo González – considered the winner of the 2024 elections – will eventually occupy the presidency.
“They started with the stupidest (in reference to Maduro), but the transition has already begun and we are tremendously happy,” Adán Acosta, a young Venezuelan who participated in the demonstration called in Miami by Machado’s party, Vente Venezuela, told EFE.
Hundreds of Venezuelan compatriots gathered near the El Arepazo restaurant, one of the most emblematic places in the city of Doral, where a large part of Venezuelans live – the largest community in the United States – in the Miami metropolitan area.
“If you are not Venezuelan, you cannot understand what it feels like. I have been waiting for this moment for 26 years”
Many of them claimed to have not slept since early Saturday morning, when they found out about the US attacks on Venezuela, but they described it as “happy insomnia.” Others are excited at the thought of being reunited with their families: “If you are not Venezuelan, you cannot understand what it feels like. I have been waiting for this moment for 26 years,” said Elías Benasayag.
As to Edmundo González Urrutiathe man on whom several eyes are focused, was reported this Sunday that his X account was hacked. The Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), the largest opposition coalition in Venezuela, reported the event, hours after the opponent published a video in which he called for the release of political prisoners for the normalization of the country.
“We inform that the X account of President Edmundo González Urrutia, after the publication of a video today (Sunday) at 5 pm, was hacked,” the coalition said in a brief message published on that social network. In addition, he said that the recovery of his account will be announced “in due course.”
Edmundo González Urrutia’s X account, after publishing a video, was hacked
Shortly after, a message was published on González Urrutia’s X account that was later deleted. The publication talked about the freedom of Venezuelans and sovereignty, after the United States military attack on Caracas and other areas of Venezuela that ended with the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
At the end of the message, $LIBRA was promoted, a cryptocurrency token that works with blockchain, which was promoted last year by the Argentine president, Javier Milei, and from which he later disassociated himself after reporting a possible link of this token with virtual scams.
Earlier, the former presidential candidate stated in a video on
