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Venezuela's opposition figure flees to Spain, vows to 'continue the fight'
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9/9/2024
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The Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González arrived in Spain seeking
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asylum amid a political and diplomatic crisis over Venezuela's disputed July election.
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Supporters gathered at the military base in Madrid where his plane landed and expressed
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relief that he was safe.
00:21
Whoever is in danger under Nicolás Maduro's regime should be safer here and can maintain
00:26
their strategy from here.
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They forced him to flee.
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This only confirms that Venezuela is a dictatorship that's impossible to live in.
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If you don't agree with the regime, you have to leave or you might get killed.
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González arrived after Caracas granted safe passage.
00:49
His surprise departure came just days after Maduro's government ordered his arrest.
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The governments of Spain and Venezuela agreed on providing safe conduct to citizen Edmundo
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González so he could abandon national territory and he could receive the asylum granted by
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Spain.
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The Spanish foreign minister says there were no talks on González's exile.
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There has not been any kind of political negotiation between the government of Spain and the government
01:26
of Venezuela.
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The political asylum has been at the personal request of Edmundo González.
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Venezuela's opposition says July's election resulted in a resounding win for González
01:40
and published vote tallies online to show that.
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Nicolás Maduro, now into his third term as president, has dismissed that and says there
01:51
was a right-wing plot to sabotage his government.
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The US, EU and various foreign governments say they won't accept his win until he releases
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proof that he got most votes.
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