He Government of Uruguay On Friday, he recognized Edmundo González as the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election, in which the country’s National Electoral Council declared Nicolás Maduro’s ruling party the winner in a widely disputed process.

“Based on irrefutable evidence, it is clear to Uruguay that Edmundo González Urrutia received the most votes. in the presidential elections Venezuela“Wrote Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini on his account on the social network X.

A Uruguayan Foreign Ministry spokesman said he hoped the will of the Venezuelan people “will be respected.”

“Truth is the path to peace,” the message concludes.

Uruguay is one of seven countries expelled from Venezuela by Nicolas Maduro’s government after it rejected the election results and called for a vote verification process.

In this sense, Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said on Wednesday that if the protocols of the elections last Sunday, July 28, in Venezuela are not published, “it is because something strange is happening” and reiterated that there is a “dictatorship” in the Caribbean country.

«If you don’t show the documents, it’s obvious that something is wrong.. But we are also not talking about a person with a democratic past. I said that Venezuela is a dictatorship, and I support it,” the president said at a press conference.

Likewise, Lacalle Pou noted that what is happening is “unjustifiable” and said it is incredible “how power can blind someone so much,” while highlighting the people who left Venezuela and “are not having a very good time.”