Maria Corina Machado

Edmundo González said receiving Venezuelans would help Nicolas Maduro tighten his grip on power

Edmundo González Urrutia was last seen in Dominican Republic, He had promised to be sworn in as President of Venezuela on Friday

The announcement comes a day after opposition leader María Corina Machado reappeared in public after months in hiding, was apprehended and later released

According to her team, she was detained and then released after being forced to record a video

The move to attack Machado heightened global concern over Venezuela's political crisis

Machado led a massive protest on the day before both the opposition and the regime intend to assume the presidency

The Latin Times sat down with political analyst Melanio Escobar amid the ongoing crisis that currently engulfs Venezuela

Maria Corina Machado also urged Trump to reverse sanction relief introduced under President Biden and pursue new measures

"We must not let Maduro and his representatives cling to power by force," added U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on X

As Edmundo González flees to Spain, Machado stands firm in Venezuela, promising to lead the fight against Nicolas Maduro.

Edmundo arrived in Spain days after Nicolás Maduro filed a warrant for his arrest amid an election dispute.

It will be the fourth round of organized demonstrations held since the July 28 vote, which saw both sides claim victory but Maduro declared the winner by the National Electoral Council (CNE), which is staffed mainly by his allies.

"Report the fascist criminals to me so I can go find them! I will protect the people street by street, neighborhood by neighborhood!" he roared.

Opposition leaders Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia and Maria Corina Machado on Monday appealed to the "conscience" of the military and police officers -- traditionally staunch allies of Maduro -- to "take the side of the people".

Thousands in Venezuela and around the world protested on Saturday against the regime of Nicolás Maduro, who claimed victory without supporting data and has engaged in violent and repressive actions since

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who was barred from running and is backing Gonzalez Urrutia, denounced a "cruel and repressive escalation by the regime" in a message posted on the social network X.

"Now it is up to the international community to decide whether to tolerate a demonstrably illegitimate government" she wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed

Jorge Rodriguez and Diosdado Cabello both made menacing speeches at the National Assembly while violence continues across the country

From tearing down posters of Maduro's presidential campaign to tumbling down statues of Chávez, protesters unloaded their frustration throughout the day

The tycoon openly supported a government change in the country: "It is time for the people of Venezuela to have the chance for a better future"

From members of the Comando con Venezuela coalition to ex-presidential hopeful Leopoldo López, indignation came flooding in after the announcement

María Corina Machado's party announced that government officials forcibly entered Milciades Ávila's residence. Such events have increased as the elections near

The opposition leader told the press that two of them were detained Monday near her campaign headquarters in Caracas.

Brian Nichols, a top U.S. official, had expressed concern about recent developments in the run-up to the July 28 presidential election.

President Nicolás Maduro is seeking a third consecutive term

Representatives from both the Biden and Maduro secretly met in Mexico last week to continue negotiations toward freer and fairer elections

María Corina Machado said that, if passed, the law could be used to "forcefully disappear" her and her team

With popular leader Maria Corina Machado banned from public office, the plan had been to register another stand-in candidate, 80-year-old university professor Corina Yoris.

Corina Yoris, chosen by opposition primary winner María Corina Machado, was prevented from running as well. More marginal candidates were allowed to sign up

María Corina Machado says Professor Corina Yaris will replace her as the presidential candidate of the main opposition alliance