Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez said he was forced to accept Nicolas Maduro as the victor in July's disputed presidential election to get out of the Spanish Embassy in Caracas and escape from the country.

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez has left the country en route to Spain, according to his lawyer and Venezuela’s vice president, after an arrest warrant was issued last week accusing him of terrorism,

Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez will remain a "very clear voice" pushing for change in his country despite fleeing to seek asylum in Spain, exiled opposition members Antonio Ledezma and Leopoldo Lopez told Reuters on Tuesday.

Former Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo González arrived in Spain on Sunday after fleeing into exile as part of a negotiated deal with Nicolás Maduro's government that dealt a major blow to millions who placed their hopes in his opposition campaign.

González fled days after the attorney general for Venezuela’s authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, filed a warrant for the arrest of the former diplomat.

STORY: Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has fled to Spain to seek asylum…largely extinguishing hope for political change, voters say, as long-time President Nicolas Maduro shrugs off international criticism about July’s disputed election.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is trying to reassure supporters that her opposition coalition still has a chance of gaining control of the presidency despite the departure into exil

Edmundo Gonzalez is seeking asylum amid a political and diplomatic crisis over the disputed results of July's election.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is seeking to convince opposition supporters that Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia is the president-elect of the South American country. This, despite his fleeing to Spain over the weekend due to increasing tensions over the disputed presidential election.