Edmundo González has become a beacon of hope for millions of Venezuelans. They want to call him president. He believes he won that office at the ballot box last year.

Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia has urged the Venezuelan military to recognize him as their commander-in-chief and “put an end to the leadership” of President Nicolás Maduro,

Venezuela's Edmundo González Urrutia, who the opposition says won a July presidential election against incumbent Nicolás Maduro, condemned on Tuesday the detention of his son-in-law by "hooded men." "This morning my son-in-law Rafael Tudares was kidnapped," Gonzalez Urrutia posted on social media platform X.

Venezuela's government is intensifying efforts to apprehend opposition leader Edmundo González, who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year's contentious election. On Sunday, National Assembly leader Jorge Rodriguez declared the immediate arrest of González if he sets foot in the country.

Jorge Rodriguez, recently re-elected as president of Venezuela's parliament, has announced plans to request an arrest warrant for exiled opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia should he return to the country.