Months after Venezuelan election, US recognizes opposition candidate as president-elect

CARACAS, Venezuela —  The U.S. government recognized Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as “president-elect” of the South American country on Tuesday, months after President Nicolas Maduro claimed to have won the July election. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognized Gonzalez in a post on X in which he also demanded “respect for the will” of Venezuelan voters. The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has said Gonzalez earned the most votes in the disputed July 28 election but has fallen short of acknowledging him as president-elect. Venezuela’s National Electoral Council, which is stacked with Maduro loyalists, declared Maduro the

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