US recognizes Venezuela's opposition candidate as president-elect months after the disputed election

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. government recognized Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González as the “president-elect” of the South American country on Tuesday, months after President Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won the July election. U.S. Secretary of State...

Venezuelan opposition leaders win the EU’s top human rights prize

BRUSSELS (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced Thursday. Machado was set to run as the democratic...

Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia win the EU’s top human rights prize

BRUSSELS (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia win the EU’s top human rights prize.

Venezuelan opposition leader urges Colombia's president to recognize her faction's electoral victory

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Tuesday urged Colombia’s president to be decisive and recognize her faction’s victory in her country’s contested July presidential election. Machado’s message to President Gustavo Petro, an ally of...

US sanctions 16 allies of Venezuela's president over accusations of obstructing the election

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government on Thursday responded to Venezuela’s disputed July presidential election by imposing sanctions against 16 allies of President Nicolás Maduro, accusing them of obstructing the vote and carrying out human rights abuses. Those targeted by the...

Venezuelan opposition still hopes to unseat Maduro despite their candidate's exile

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado tried to reassure supporters Monday that her coalition still hopes to gain control of the presidency despite the departure into exile of their candidate Edmundo González Urrutia. Machado's group maintains...

Opposition presidential candidate González flees Venezuela for asylum in Spain

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Former Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo González arrived in Spain on Sunday after fleeing into exile in as part of a negotiated deal with Nicolás Maduro's government that dealt a major blow to millions who placed their hopes in his opposition campaign. ...

Maduro opponents take to streets to revive protests disputing Venezuelan election results

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro took to the streets Wednesday in an attempt to revive protests against him as he tightens his grip on power following last month's disputed election. The demonstration in the capital, Caracas, comes exactly...