Corina Machado celebrates and thanks the G7 for the support of the Venezuelan opponent Edmundo González

MADRID 27 Nov. () –

The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado thanked the countries that make up the G7 this Tuesday for their support of the former candidate in the July presidential elections Edmundo González, after they stated in a joint statement that the Venezuelan people voted for “a democratic change.” ” by supporting it “with a significant majority.

“We appreciate this new declaration from the G7, under the Presidency of Italy, which demonstrates the magnitude of international support for the fight for democracy in Venezuela,” he declared on his social network account X.

In the same message, Machado celebrated that the seven countries – Italy, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Canada – have “reaffirmed” their call for a “democratic transition” after the candidate’s “victory.” opponent Edmundo González in the presidential elections held at the end of July.

“They also demand that the persecution cease and that all political prisoners be released,” he recalled.

These words come after the G7 Foreign Ministers have released a statement in which they assure that they will support the efforts of regional partners to “facilitate a democratic and peaceful transition” in the Latin American country that “recognizes respect for the will “of the Venezuelan people.

The statement has triggered a protest by the Venezuelan Government, which has announced that it will “comprehensively” review its relations with each of the governments that make up the group.

“We warn the G7 countries that this interventionist and arrogant attitude will not go unanswered. Venezuela will proceed to comprehensively review its relations with each of the governments that make up this group because respect for national sovereignty is not negotiable,” he said. indicated by the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

González, currently a refugee in Spain as a political asylum, ran for the presidential elections on July 28 as an opposition candidate against President Nicolás Maduro, who at the end of the elections claimed his victory based on the results released by the electoral body. .