Venezuela opposition's Gonzalez to speak with EU foreign ministers on Thursday


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  • Thursday, 29 Aug 2024

FILE PHOTO: Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez holds electoral records as people gather to protest after election results awarded Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro with a third term, in Caracas, Venezuela July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez will speak remotely with the foreign ministers of the 27 European Union member states on Thursday in Brussels, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said.

Gonzalez, a 74-year-old former diplomat, ran against current Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in a presidential election last month that was not transparent according to the opposition, some Western countries and international bodies like a United Nations panel of experts.

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