Prize-winners underline European Parliament's tough stance against the presumptive incumbent Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who's re-election the hemicycle decries as bogus.
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00:00Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez, a candidate
00:07in July's presidential elections, have been awarded the European Parliament's annual
00:11Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
00:14The European Parliament has highlighted, quote, their courageous struggle to restore freedom
00:19and democracy in Venezuela.
00:22It is my privilege to announce that the 2024 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has
00:30been awarded to Maria Corina Machado, leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela.
00:58Leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela and president-elect Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia
01:05representing all Venezuelans.
01:08The European Parliament recognized Edmundo Gonzalez as the elected president of Venezuela
01:13in a non-binding resolution in September.
01:16The award will be presented on 18th December.