Venezuela's Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia thanks parliament members after delivering his speech as he and compatriot Maria Corina Machado are awarded the EU's top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, Tuesday, Dec.17, 2024 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Dec.17, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)

FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro waits to receive attendees at the start of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) Summit in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas, File)