Venezuela

Katarina Hall | 9.19.2024 12:13 PM

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González claims the regime forced him to sign a letter recognizing Nicolás Maduro as the winner of July's disputed presidential election.

"Either I signed or I would face consequences," González explained in a video posted to social media. "There were very tense hours of coercion, blackmail and pressure." The letter, according to González, was a condition for his escape to Spain, where he arrived on Sunday after weeks in hiding.

Venezuela's National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner of the........

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