The announcement from the U.S. government came amid diplomatic efforts to persuade Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to release vote tallies.
The U.S. government on Thursday recognized Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González as the winner of the South American country's presidential election, discrediting the results announced by electoral authorities who declared President Nicolás Maduro the victor.
In an op-ed published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal, Machado said she is 'hiding, fearing for my life, my freedom, and that of my fellow countrymen.' She reasserted that the opposition has physical evidence that Maduro lost the election and urged the international community to intervene.'We have voted Mr. Maduro out,' she wrote. 'Now it is up to the international community to decide whether to tolerate a demonstrably illegitimate government.
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