The Venezuelan government has said opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has left the country, seeking asylum in Spain.
Mr González has been in hiding, and a warrant issued for his arrest after the opposition disputed July's presidential election result - in which the government-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Nicolás Maduro the winner.
"After taking refuge voluntarily at the Spanish embassy in Caracas a few days ago, (Gonzalez Urrutia) asked the Spanish government for political asylum," Venezuela's Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez said on social media.
She added that Caracas had agreed to his safe passage and that he had left. BBC
