Venezuela’s exiled Gonzalez Urrutia calls for ‘dialogue’

By AFP
September 10, 2024
Venezuelan opposition figure Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia speaks with the press during a meeting with health workers in Caracas on June 18, 2024. — AFP
Venezuelan opposition figure Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia speaks with the press during a meeting with health workers in Caracas on June 18, 2024. — AFP

MADRID: Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia -- who insists he, not Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro is the legitimate elected leader -- said on Monday he fled to Spain “so that thigs can change” and appealed for “dialogue”.

Gonzalez Urrutia arrived in Madrid late on Sunday after weeks in hiding. The opposition says it can prove he won the July 28 elections in which Maduro -- in power in the oil-rich but cash-poor country since 2013 -- claimed a widely disputed victory.