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Venezuela opposition leader says he was forced to sign letter accepting Maduro victory

Man in front of Venezuelan flag
Nicolas Maduro on his regular Monday TV Con Maduro+ last week. Photograph: Miraflores Palace/Reuters

Venezuela’s opposition candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, has said he was coerced into signing a letter recognizing Nicolás Maduro as the winner of the country’s disputed election as a condition for letting him flee to Spain.

The revelation of the letter is the latest strain to the country’s political crisis, which was exacerbated by the disputed election results and González’s recent departure for exile in Spain.

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