Opposition figure flees Venezuela for exile in Spain

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00:00Running for president against Venezuela's leader Nicolás Maduro was a difficult task from the start.

00:07Weeks after the opposition declared he won the July election,

00:11Edmundo González has had to flee the country.

00:15Spain confirms it will grant him asylum.

00:19I reiterated the Spanish government's commitment to political rights,

00:24freedom of expression and demonstration,

00:28and the physical integrity of all Venezuelans.

00:35González had found refuge in the Spanish embassy in Caracas

00:40after a Venezuelan attorney general sought his arrest.

00:44Venezuela's authorities say Nicolás Maduro won the vote, not González,

00:49and that the opposition is spreading fake news.

00:52UN experts observing the election say that results brought by Caracas lack credibility.

01:00Meanwhile, commenting on González's departure,

01:03Venezuela's vice-president says Caracas respected international law.

01:09Venezuela has granted the Jews safe conducts for the sake of the tranquility and political peace of the country.

01:16This conduct reaffirms the respect for the law

01:18that has prevailed in the actions of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

01:23Tensions have grown between Venezuela and its neighbours since the election.

01:28Six opposition figures have sought refuge in the Argentinian embassy shown here,

01:34and Argentina has called on the International Criminal Court

01:37to issue an arrest warrant for Nicolás Maduro.

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