Venezuelan opposition says office ransacked as election tensions grow
Al JazeeraA major political opposition movement in Venezuela says its headquarters in the capital, Caracas, was vandalised overnight as tensions escalate in the aftermath of President Nicolas Maduro’s disputed election victory. Argentina’s foreign minister recognised Gonzalez as Venezuela’s president-elect on Friday, while other countries in the region – including Uruguay and Ecuador – also said the opposition candidate had secured the most votes. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also said this week that “overwhelming evidence” showed Gonzalez had defeated Maduro. In a post on X, Gonzalez thanked the US “for recognizing the will of the Venezuelan people reflected in our electoral victory and for supporting the process of restoring democratic norms in Venezuela”. Outgoing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that Washington’s recognition of Gonzalez as the election winner was “an excess”.