Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia (R) and Ana Corina Sosa (L), daughter and representative of María Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuela’s “Unity Democratic Platform’ pose next to European Parliament President Roberta Metsola after during the award ceremony of the 2024 Sakharov human rights prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on December 17, 2024. (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP)