Leader of the Venezuelan opposition talked to Euronews, as he received the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize in Strasbourg.
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00:00Venezuelan opposition activists Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado received
00:07the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought at the European Parliament on Tuesday.
00:12González Urrutia, who has been in exile in Spain since December, took part in a ceremony
00:18to which Machado was unable to travel as she is in hiding.
00:23But compared to the support of the European Parliament, the support of the EU member states
00:27has been more discreet.
00:52The Venezuelan, who declared himself the winner of the presidential elections last July, has
00:57assured that he will return to the country after January 10 for the inauguration, although
01:02he does not reveal how exactly he will do that.
01:11In September, the European Parliament acknowledged González Urrutia as the legitimate president
01:15of Venezuela, but this recognition has yet to be endorsed by the member states.