Summary
- Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González was forced to sign a letter accepting Nicolás Maduro’s victory in the presidential election under duress before going into exile in Spain.
- Despite evidence suggesting González won in a landslide, Maduro was declared the winner by Venezuela’s National Electoral Council.
- González signed the letter allowing him to leave the country and was subsequently granted political asylum in Spain.
- A warrant for his arrest was issued in Venezuela after leaked voting tallies led to an investigation.