Edmundo Gonzalez is in search of asylum in Spain after he challenged the re-election of Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuela has mentioned that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has left the nation after a day of rising diplomatic tensions and is in search of asylum in Spain.
“After taking refuge voluntarily on the Spanish embassy in Caracas a number of days in the past, [Gonzalez] requested the Spanish authorities for political asylum,” Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez mentioned on social media, including that Caracas had agreed to his protected passage.
Venezuela has been in disaster since authorities declared Maduro the winner of the July 28 presidential election however didn’t launch the detailed outcomes.
The opposition cried foul, claiming it had proof that 75-year-old Gonzalez had gained by a snug margin.
Spanish Overseas Minister Jose Manuel Albares wrote on X that Gonzalez had requested asylum and was travelling to the nation on a Spanish air power aircraft.
“The federal government of Spain is dedicated to the political rights of all Venezuelans,” he mentioned.
Venezuela on Saturday revoked Brazil’s authorisation to signify Argentinian pursuits within the nation, together with operating the embassy the place six opposition figures are sheltering, the Venezuelan authorities mentioned. The nation broke relations with Argentina instantly after the election.
Brazil, like Colombia and Mexico, has requested the Venezuelan authorities to publish the total outcomes of the vote.
Gonzalez had been in hiding for a month after prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for him over his insistence that he was the rightful winner.
At the least 27 folks have been killed and 192 injured in protests because the election. Maduro’s authorities says it has arrested some 2,400 folks.