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Venezuelan opposition leader urges oil companies to cut ties with “Corrupt and Criminal Regime”
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado called on multinational oil companies this Tuesday to stop operating “under a corrupt and criminal regime.”
Venezuela’s oil industry has been under sanctions since 2019, but Washington grants individual licenses for several companies to operate in the country, including the U.S. company Chevron, Spain’s Repsol, and France’s Maurel & Prom.
“These energy companies need to realize that they are partnering with the most corrupt company in the energy sector worldwide, which has been accused of money laundering and even drug trafficking, PDVSA,” Machado said, referring to Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, during a panel organized by the Georgetown Americas Institute in Washington.
“No one knows the nature of the contracts that have been signed, which violates our Constitution. No one knows how much they are paying the regime or how much the government is making from their operations,” Machado added in a virtual connection, just hours after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro joked that she had fled the country.
“It’s not only a matter of the international community understanding how these resources are being used, but I wonder what the shareholders and stakeholders of these companies think about the goodwill and reputation of these firms,” Machado commented.
“Our message to them is that we want them here. We want them to invest and generate many resources, a lot of money, and many jobs for Venezuela, but not like this — not under a corrupt and criminal regime that violates and is violating Venezuela’s laws,” she stressed.
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María Corina Machado kidnapped and forced to record videos before being released, says opposition
The Venezuela Command, the campaign team of opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, denounced the “kidnapping” and subsequent release of political leader María Corina Machado after she led a protest in Caracas on the eve of the Venezuelan presidential inauguration.
In a post on X, the opposition team stated that the former lawmaker was “intercepted and knocked off the motorcycle she was traveling on” after leading a rally in the Chacao area of the Venezuelan capital.
“Gunshots were fired during the incident. She was forcibly detained. During her kidnapping, she was forced to record several videos, and then she was released,” the statement added, which was made public nearly two hours after Machado’s party, Vente Venezuela, reported that she had been “violently intercepted.”
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Governor Jenniffer González expresses solidarity with Venezuela’s struggling opposition
Puerto Rico’s Governor Jenniffer González expressed her sorrow over Venezuela’s political crisis on Thursday and voiced her support for Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, just one day before President Nicolás Maduro is set to take office following the controversial July elections.
“I think it is sad that the Venezuelan people have to suffer the consequences of a dictator who came to power by deceiving the people. I recognize Edmundo González for his leadership,” the governor stated during a press conference, coinciding with a day of protests by Venezuela’s opposition.
“The Venezuelan community has my full support, and, as we have done in the past, we will maintain that line of communication with whatever we can collaborate on,” assured the Puerto Rican head of government.
González Urrutia is currently in the Dominican Republic, the last announced stop on his American tour, where he was accompanied by Dominican President Luis Abinader and former Latin American presidents from the Spain and Americas Democratic Initiative (Grupo Idea).
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Hundreds of venezuelan protesters demand ‘democratic change’ in Rome
Dozens of Venezuelans demonstrated in central Rome on Thursday to show their support for opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia and demand a “democratic change,” on the eve of the presidential inauguration that has deeply divided the country.
The protest took place in the Roman square of Largo Argentina and gathered several members of the Venezuelan diaspora and refugees, who sang their national anthem and displayed signs with the slogan “Glory to the brave people.”
Around 150 participants were present, according to one of the coordinators of the protest, Celeste Puerta from the ‘Aiuto Venezuela’ Civic Movement, who spoke to EFE.
Similar actions have been organized in other Italian cities, including Bologna, Florence, and Milan in the north.
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