What is the opponent looking for with his visit to the United States before January 10?

González announced his arrival to Washington on Sunday afternoon with a brief message on his X account that said “Third stop: Washington DC,” accompanied by a photograph in which he is seen sitting inside a car. At night, The White House reported that the opponent will be received by Biden.

There is an expectation that González may also have contact with officials appointed by the president-elect. Donald Trump who will take office on January 20.

Through a video published on social networks, González shipment a message to the Bolivarian National Armed Forces in which he assured that he must “assume the role of commander in chief” on January 10.

“My intention is to go to Venezuela “simply to take possession of the mandate that Venezuelans gave me by electing me with 7 million votes to serve as president,” declared on Saturday González75 years old, after meeting with the Argentine president Javier Miley.

In Venezuelathe Chavista regime is getting ready to Maduro sworn in as president for the third time and to do so has militarized Caracas and several areas of the country.

The Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Hairmade a night tour to verify the security points mounted on Caracasaccording to videos released on Sunday.

Cabello said that agents from the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM), the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) and the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) remain deployed to guarantee security.

“Some sectors of the opposition are nervous because there are security measures around the Legislative Palace and the Miraflores Palace,” said Cabellowho added that these deployments are to “guarantee peace” in the face of “threats” from the opposition “against democracy.”

“On January 10, the president is sworn in.” Nicolas Madurowill do so before the National Legislative Power, the National Assembly, and will do so in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela as established by our Constitution (…) that the president of Venezuela is sworn in here in Venezuela, it is not somewhere else,” he added.

Maduro has deployed 1,200 military personnel throughout the country, the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (CEO-FANB) reported on Friday.

The newspaper El Nacional reported that Since January 3, Caracas has been militarized, especially in the areas surrounding the Miraflores Presidential Palace.

The opposition has called street demonstrations since January 9 in defense of the takeover of Gonzálezto which the United States and several countries in the world recognize how elected president of Venezuela.

The opposition has denounced that in Venezuela there was fraud and claims the victory of Gonzálezafter accessing and publishing 85% of the electoral records on a website. According to these official documents, The opponent beat Maduro with more than 30 points difference.

The role of the United States

Carmen Beatriz FernandezCEO of DataestrategIA and professor of Political Communication at the University of Navarra, told The Commerce what of The United States cannot expect more than rigidity in sanctionsfar from the softening of these.

“The expectations of Maduro and from the nomenclature that governs it had been that Donald Trump had flexibility to negotiate with the Chavista. But what we are seeing in relation to the appointments seems to go in the opposite direction, it seems to reinforce the hard line on the part of the United States,” Indian.

He added that in view of the takeover of Trump next January 20, The Republican is inheriting from Biden’s management “a recognition of Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect and legitimate successor to the presidential chair in Venezuela, which is no small feat.”

Fernández He maintained that the tour of González and the support you are getting has made the regime nervousto the point that it has offered a reward for his capture, has implemented strict checks at borders and airports, in addition to numerous checkpoints in Caracas.

“This 2025 tour represents the construction of a network of alliances for January 10where allies are recognizing González as president-elect. “This tour greatly increases the costs for Nicolás Maduro of taking office on January 10.”Fernández emphasized.

“I still think that until January 10 there is an opportunity in Venezuela rescue of the constitutional thread”, he continued.

“But if Maduro ends up being sworn in, on January 11 he will have a very complicated situation.because not only in the geopolitical sense does no democratic country send high representatives to this swearing-in, on the contrary, even countries that could be considered allies are sending third-level representations, that is, ambassadors in the best of cases, there are no chancellors. nor presidents”remarked Fernández.

“The tour of Gonzalez Urrutia “It seeks to increase the cost of the inauguration of Nicolás Maduro, it seeks to achieve that break that allows for negotiation and continuity of the republican thread before January 10, making the political life of the regime more fragile.”Fernández insisted.

In September, González came out of Venezuela to exile in Spainafter a judge issued an arrest warrant against him for alleged usurpation of functions, forging a public document, instigating disobedience of the laws, conspiracy, sabotage of systems and crimes of association. All of this related to the dissemination of the electoral records that give him victory in the elections.

Last Thursday, the Maduro regime offered a reward of $100,000 for information leading to González’s capture.

When asked on Saturday how he will enter Venezuela, González said he reserved the details: “I can’t say anything because the circumstances today are very complicated,” he said.