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US Recognizes Venezuelan Opposition Leader as President-Elect After Contested Election

Published NOV 20 2024

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Above: Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia poses for a photograph in a street of Madrid on November 20, 2024. Image copyright: OSCAR DEL POZO/AFP via GETTY IMAGES

The Spin

While the US and its allies have already criticized the Maduro dictatorship for election fraud, the Biden admin. has dealt a further blow to his autocratic regime by publicly recognizing González as president-elect of Venezuela. Despite speculation that Trump might be open to a softer approach towards Maduro, lessons from his first stint at the White House indicate that Caracas should instead prepare itself for a barrage of sanctions.

Bloomberg.com The Hill

Despite America's best attempts to claim otherwise, the interventionist Western regime has sought to meddle in Venezuela to try to overturn the legitimate win of Maduro in the presidential election. There must be no doubt that Venezuela will continue to push back against failed Western attempts to attack its sovereignty, especially now that the BRICS is offering a multitude of counter-hegemonic economic and political opportunities.

teleSUR English Orinoco Tribune

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 57% chance that if Nicolás Maduro is inaugurated for a new term in Jan. 2025 ,there will be a Venezuelan civil war before 2050, according to the Metaculus prediction community.