The representative of the opposition in Venezuela, Edmundo González, turned his back on this and went to Spain

The Venezuelan government said opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has left the country, seeking asylum in Spain.

Mr González has been in hiding, and a warrant for his arrest was issued after opposition parties contested the outcome of July’s presidential election – in which the government-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Nicolás Maduro the winner.

Venezuela’s Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, in a statement posted on social media said that after he “voluntarily” sought asylum at the Spanish embassy in Caracas a few days ago, Mr. Gonzalez requested asylum from the Spanish government.

He added that Caracas had agreed to a safe passage and that he had already left.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, José Manuel Albares, said that Mr. González turned his back on the country at his request, and on a plane of the Spanish Air Force.

He added that the Spanish government is committed to the political rights of all Venezuelans.

Mr González’s lawyer confirmed to the AFP news agency that he had turned his back on the matter and gone to Spain, but did not provide further details.

While he was gone, security forces in Venezuela they toured the Argentine embassy in the capital, Caracas.

Six political opponents of President Maduro took refuge there. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country suspects that there are incidents of terrorism that are forming a conspiracy within.

Venezuela has been in political turmoil since authorities declared President Maduro the winner of the July 28 election.

The opposition said it had evidence that Mr González had won by a landslide, and posted detailed online polling statistics suggesting Mr González had beaten Mr Maduro in a landslide.

Several countries, including the United States, the European Union and several Latin American countries, have refused to recognize President Maduro as the winner unless Caracas releases detailed voting data.

President Maduro’s government has arrested more than 2,400 people since the election, creating what the UN calls a “state of terror”.

Mr González has been in hiding since July 30, fearing arrest following statements by leading government politicians that he should be “behind bars”.

The attorney general’s office, which works closely with Maduro’s administration, accused Mr González of conspiracy and forgery, among other “serious charges”.

The 75-year-old was largely unknown before March this year, when a coalition of opposition parties registered him as a candidate.

The opposition party that chose to run for president was the charismatic María Corina Machado, who won 93% of open votes.

But when his attempts to overturn the ban preventing him from running for office were rejected by government-controlled authorities, the opposition had to find another candidate.

After another representative of the opposition party was blocked, the opposition party named Mr. González.

Fearing that he too might be barred from running, the opposition parties kept Mr González in the background, while Ms Machado traveled across the country urging people to vote for her.

On the night of the election, Mr González appeared alongside María Corina Machado against the announcement of the CNE, which had declared Mr Maduro the winner with 52% of the vote.