After Edmundo Gonzalez flees, what’s next for Venezuela and its opposition?

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez appears at a political event at a square in Caracas on June 19, 2024, a little more than a month before the election that the government says he lost [File: Ariana Cubillos/AP]

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez has fled to Spain, seeking political asylum amid turmoil in his country after a disputed presidential election.

The opposition presidential candidate arrived at the Torrejon de Ardoz military base in the Spanish capital, Madrid, with his wife on Sunday, according to a statement by Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.