Venezuelan former opposition candidate Gonzalez leaves country, VP says

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

CARACAS (Reuters) - 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.

(Reporting by Vivian Sequeira; Writing by Alexander Villegas; Editing by William Mallard)