Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia speaks at the Presidential Palace during a meeting with Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader in Santo Domingo on January 9, 2025. Opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, who is calling for a victory over President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela's elections, said Thursday that 'very soon' he will return to his country, on a visit to the Dominican Republic, where the government of Luis Abinader declared itself an 'ally.'. (Photo by Francesco SPOTORNO / AFP) (Photo by FRANCESCO SPOTORNO/AFP via Getty Images)