Brasília/Caracas | Venezuela’s former presidential opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has left for Spain following the South American country’s contested election, Venezuelan and Spanish officials say amid rising diplomatic tensions.
Mr Gonzalez, 75, who ran against President Nicolás Maduro in July, left after “voluntarily seeking refuge in the Spanish embassy in Caracas several days ago”, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez posted on Instagram on Saturday night (Sunday AEST).
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