Edmundo Gonzalez is looking for asylum in Spain after difficult Nicolas Maduro’s re-election.
Venezuela says opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez is looking for asylum in Spain after leaving the nation after a day of escalating diplomatic tensions.
“After taking voluntary refuge on the Spanish Embassy in Caracas a number of days in the past, [Gonzalez] Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez mentioned on social media that “he requested political asylum from the Spanish authorities,” including that Caracas had granted him secure passage.
Venezuela has been in disaster since authorities declared Maduro the winner of the July 28 presidential election with out releasing detailed outcomes.
The opposition cried foul, claiming that they had proof that Gonzalez, 75, received comfortably.
Spanish Overseas Minister Jose Manuel Albares wrote on X that Gonzalez had requested asylum and was touring to the nation on a Spanish Air Pressure aircraft.
“The Spanish authorities is dedicated to the political rights of all Venezuelans,” he mentioned.
Venezuela on Saturday revoked Brazil’s mandate to signify Argentina’s pursuits within the nation, together with managing the embassy the place six opposition figures have been sheltered, the federal government mentioned. The nation severed ties with Argentina instantly after the election.
Like Colombia and Mexico, Brazil has requested the Venezuelan authorities to launch the complete outcomes of the vote.
Gonzalez has been in hiding for a month after prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for him over his insistence that he was the legit winner.
Protests have killed at the least 27 folks and injured 192 for the reason that election. Maduro’s authorities mentioned it had arrested about 2,400 folks.
