- The migrants were accompanied by Venezuelan political leaders and members of the Spanish Popular Party.
Hundreds of Venezuelans gathered on Tuesday, September 10, in the Plaza de las Cortes, in Madrid (Spain), in front of the Spanish Congress, to support Edmundo González, who arrived in that country on September 8 to request political asylum.
The citizens were accompanied by Venezuelan political leaders such as Leopoldo López and Antonio Ledezma, as well as one of González’s daughters, Carolina González, who lives in Spain.
During her speech to those present, Carolina read a message sent by her father.
“María Corina and I assure you that this fight will continue until the objectives are achieved, until the end (…) Do not be discouraged, I will not let you down,” the letter said.
The rally was also attended by members of Spain’s Popular Party (PP), who have demanded that the Spanish government recognize Edmundo González as the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election held on July 28.
The rally was called by opposition leader María Corina Machado on September 9, to ask that “the entire world” recognize González’s victory so that he can be sworn in on January 10, when the new presidential term in Venezuela is scheduled to begin.
For this reason, the Spanish Congress initiated a vote to urge the Spanish government to recognize Edmundo González as the winner, in addition to calling for an end to the repression of protests in Venezuela, the release of political prisoners and to contribute to the personal security of opposition leader María Corina Machado and González himself.
Edmundo Gonzalez’s departure from Venezuela
Edmundo Gonzalez left Venezuela on September 7 on a Spanish Armed Forces plane, said Jose Manuel Albares, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Spanish government.
The fact was also confirmed by the Venezuelan vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, who said that the measure was taken after her government granted safe conduct to the Spanish authorities “for the sake of tranquility and political peace in the country.”
After his arrival in Spain on September 8, González denounced that his departure from Venezuela was surrounded by “episodes of pressure, coercion and threats.”
“My departure from Caracas was surrounded by episodes, pressure, coercion and threats of not allowing my departure,” he said in a WhatsApp audio that his coalition, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), released to the media on September 8.
Later, on September 9, the Venezuelan opposition published a statement in which he states that he made the decision to leave the country “thinking about Venezuela, that our destiny as a country cannot, should not be, a conflict of pain and suffering.”
He also thanked the Embassy of the Netherlands in Venezuela, where he was sheltered until September 5.
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2024-09-10 22:25:19
