Venezuelan former opposition candidate Gonzalez leaves country, VP says

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado campaign in Caracas
FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez speaks at a presidential election campaign closing rally in Caracas, Venezuela, July 25, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
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Venezuelan former opposition candidate Gonzalez leaves country, VP says

Edmundo Gonzalez, the opposition presidential candidate who ran against President Nicolas Maduro in elections in July, has left the country, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday.

In a post on Instagram, Rodriguez said Gonzalez had left the Spanish embassy, where he was seeking asylum, and left Venezuela.

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