Exiled Venezuelan opposition leader to speak with Biden, visit US

Exiled Venezuelan opposition leader to speak with Biden, visit US

Venezuelan opposition politician Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who fled the country after a tumultuous election and subsequent police crackdown, said Saturday he has plans to speak with US President Joe Biden.

Speaking in Argentina, where he met with President Javier Milei, Gonzalez Urrutia added that he was traveling to the United States on Sunday, though it was unclear when the conversation with Biden would take place.

“We are planning a conversation with President Biden and we are waiting for definitions regarding the new authorities,” Gonzalez Urrutia said in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, referring to incoming president Donald Trump, set to take over on January 20.

Gonzalez Urrutia’s meeting with Milei came at the start of a regional tour aimed at building international support for the man Venezuela’s opposition considers the rightful president-elect.

The 75-year-old appeared…
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