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.