The European Parliament voted on Thursday to recognise Venezuela's exiled presidential candidate Edmundo González as the "legitimate and democratically elected President of Venezuela,"
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00:00Venezuela's government rejected a non-binding resolution approved by the European Parliament
00:07to recognize opposition candidate Edmundo González as President of Venezuela.
00:12MEPs had recognized González as, in their words, the legitimate and democratically elected
00:19President of Venezuela.
00:21Their decision follows disputed presidential elections within Venezuela in July, which
00:26opposition claims to have won.
00:28However, the country's electoral council proclaimed Nicolas Maduro the winner.