Pedro Mario Burelli, a veteran Venezuelan political operative and an opponent of Mr. Maduro’s movement, called the visit part of an effort to “freak him out” — to scare Mr. Maduro into believing that the global political tide is increasingly turning against him.

U.S. President Joe Biden received Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, recognized by Washington as Venezuela's president-elect, at the White House on Monday. They had a "long, fruitful and cordial" conversation,

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,