A senior US diplomat has made a bold demand that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro should step down and let a new leader take over after the controversial July election. Francisco Palmieri, the head of the Venezuelan Affairs Unit at the US embassy in Colombia, says Maduro must recognize his opponent Edmundo González as the real winner of the election before January 10. If he doesn’t, Palmieri warns that even harsher sanctions will be placed on Venezuela.
Palmieri’s comments come after Maduro was declared the winner by Venezuela’s election officials in July, but many people, including the opposition and most Western countries, believe the election was rigged. According to these claims, González actually won by a large margin, but Maduro still declared victory.
Palmieri is not mincing words. He says if Maduro stays in power, things will only get worse for Venezuela. “If he doesn’t respect the will of the people,” Palmieri warns, “the country will continue to suffer more econ...
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