Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado traveled to the US with ballots from the July election, claiming victory for Edmundo Gonzalez. The opposition calls for protests against Maduro's inauguration scheduled for Friday.
Edmundo Gonzalez , the man who won Venezuela 's presidential election in July, traveled to Argentina and then Panama with the ballots to prove that he, not Nicolás Maduro , is Venezuela 's democratically elected leader. Gonzalez met with President Biden at the White House on Monday and with incoming National Security Advisor Cong Michael Waltz of Florida. The Venezuela n opposition has called for massive street protests to peacefully demand that Maduro not be inaugurated.
Maduro's inauguration is slated for Friday. The Maduro regime also arrested two Americans one day after Gonzalez met with President Biden at the White House, accusing them of being mercenaries sent by the U.S. government. The State Department issued a statement saying they are working to gather more information and that any claims of U.S. involvement in a plot to overthrow Maduro are categorically false
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