CARACAS — The Venezuelan government said Saturday that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia — in hiding after he challenged President Nicolas Maduro's disputed reelection — had left the country, seeking asylum in Spain.
CARACAS — The Venezuelan government said Saturday that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia — in hiding after he challenged President Nicolas Maduro's disputed reelection — had left the country, seeking asylum in Spain .'After taking refuge voluntarily at the Spanish Embassy in Caracas a few days ago, asked the Spanish government for political asylum,' Venezuela's vice president said on social media, adding that Caracas had agreed to his safe passage.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia address the media following the release of election results in Venezuela’s capital Caracas on July 29, 2024. AFP FILE PHOTOVenezuela has been in a political crisis since authorities declared Maduro the victor of the July 28 election.The opposition cried foul, claiming it had evidence Gonzalez Urrutia had won by a comfortable margin.
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