Edited by Ed Newman on January 17, 2025
Edmundo Gonzalez
Venezuela’s right-wing opposition leader Edmundo González, self-proclaimed president-elect, has announced that he will attend the inauguration of Donald Trump in Washington next Monday.
This was confirmed by his campaign team in a statement published on social media, where it was specified that it was the U.S. government itself that invited “the legitimate president of Venezuela” to Trump’s inauguration.
“González has confirmed his attendance and will travel to Washington this weekend, where he also hopes to meet with other members of the new administration,” added Comando Con Venezuela in the aforementioned statement.
González has assured that he will take advantage of “all opportunities to defend the will of the Venezuelans” and has celebrated that “every day there are more international allies who join this fight,” including the United States, “a great ally of the cause.
Bolsonaro invited but banned from leaving Brazil
Meanwhile as President elect Trump’s inauguration approaches there is one invited guest who is unlikely to be in attendance: Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro.
On Thursday, Brazil’s Supreme Court denied a petition from the former president to return his passport, which had been confiscated by federal police in February.
Bolsonaro, who led Brazil from 2019 to 2022, faces multiple investigations and legal proceedings, including for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the country’s 2022 presidential election.
Trump’s inauguration on January 20 is expected to bring together some of the world’s most prominent right-wing leaders, including Argentinian President Javier Milei and British Member of Parliament Nigel Farage.
Other anticipated guests include social media magnate Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and billionaire Elon Musk, a close adviser to the incoming US president.
Source: Radio Havana Cuba