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.