{"id":126610,"date":"2025-02-17T11:34:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T08:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/126610\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"cichanouskaja-meets-with-venezuelas-opposition-leader-to-discuss-pressure-on-regimes","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/126610\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja meets with Venezuela\u2019s opposition leader to discuss pressure on regimes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_2557.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_2557.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_2557-354x236.jpeg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_2557-734x490.jpeg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_2557-178x118.jpeg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_2557-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s press office) <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 17, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja met Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez, Venezuela&#8217;s opposition politician, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on February 16 to discuss pressure on undemocratic governments in their respective counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politicians talked about potential ways of ending the political crisis and reprisals in Belarus and Venezuela, noting cooperation between Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, her aide Franak Via\u010dorka has told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja expressed support and solidarity with Venezuelan people fighting for freedom, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politicians also discussed their relations with the new United States administration, shared their experience supporting exiled co-nationals and agreed to organize joint human rights events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In power in Venezuela since 2013, Maduro was declared the winner in the contested July 2024 election with 51 percent in a vote riddled with irregularities, despite enormous momentum from the opposition movement. The ruling party claimed that his chief rival Gonz\u00e1lez garnered 44 percent. The Maduro&#8217;s government has invented election results before, and this tally was immediately called into question by the opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democratic countries sanctioned Venezuelan entities and individuals associated with his government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/salome-zurabishvili-ST-muenchen-20240216-OST-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/salome-zurabishvili-ST-muenchen-20240216-OST-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/salome-zurabishvili-ST-muenchen-20240216-OST-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/salome-zurabishvili-ST-muenchen-20240216-OST-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/salome-zurabishvili-ST-muenchen-20240216-OST-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/salome-zurabishvili-ST-muenchen-20240216-OST-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/salome-zurabishvili-ST-muenchen-20240216-OST-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Cichano\u016dskaja, Zourabichvili discuss cooperation, Russian meddling<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 16, Pozirk. \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and Georgia\u2019s fifth president, Salome Zourabichvili, have discussed the regional situation, Russian interference, and joint actions in the international arena, the Belarusian opposition leader\u2019s top aide Franak Via\u010dorka told Pozirk.\u00a0 During the talks at the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/126586\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 17, Pozirk. 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