Former Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has fled into exile after being granted asylum in Spain, delivering a major blow to millions who placed their hopes in his upstart campaign to end two decades of single-party rule.
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00:00The European Union must take a leading role following the exile of Venezuelan opposition
00:05leader Edmundo González in Spain, says Venezuelan journalist and opposition activist Carla Angola.
00:13The Venezuelan politician, who won the 28th of July elections according to the results
00:18of the opposition, has requested asylum in Spain.
00:23But according to Angola, it is not enough.
00:26Spain has coordinated González's trip with the government of Nicolás Maduro, but the
00:49Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Álvarez said there were no quid pro quos.
00:55Angola says exile benefits Maduro.
01:16There are calls on the European Parliament to stop seeing the situation as a matter of
01:20internal Spanish politics.
01:22At the moment, the European Union does not recognize neither Maduro or González's victory.
01:46González now joins the list of Venezuelan oppositions exiled in Spain.