It is clear that the government is not seeking to yield, and to the contrary it is digging in,
It is a strategy of domination, of sweeping away everything,
They have trained for these kinds of situations and are willing to endure them in order to stay in power,
In a democracy, no political leader should be forced to seek asylum in another country,
He has ... requested asylum and the Spanish government will of course process this and concede it,
I believe my duty is to stay in Venezuela.”
The Brazilian government highlights in this context, under the terms of the Vienna Conventions, the inviolability of the facilities of the Argentine diplomatic mission, which currently houses six Venezuelan asylum seekers in addition to assets and archives,
Let’s imagine for a moment the country that is coming,
The increasing threats, summons, arrest warrants and even the attempts at blackmail and coercion to which he has been subjected show that the regime has no scruples or limits in its obsession to silence him and try to break him,
I never, never, never imagined I would be in this position, but that is secondary to the challenge ahead,
At the beginning of September, Edmundo Gonzalez indicated that he ... wanted to leave and continue his fight from Spain
Today is a sad day for democracy in Venezuela,
What little hope we had left, it went with him,
My departure from Caracas was surrounded by acts of pressure, coercion and threats,
Edmundo Gonzalez has taken off from Caracas heading to Spain on a Spanish Air Force plane,
Any attempt to invade or kidnap asylum seekers who remain in our official residence will be harshly condemned by the international community,
After taking refuge voluntarily at the Spanish embassy in Caracas a few days ago, (Gonzalez Urrutia) asked the Spanish government for political asylum,
Spain is committed to the political rights and physical integrity of all Venezuelans,
Actions like these reinforce the conviction that in Maduro's Venezuela, fundamental human rights are not respected,
I have been able to speak to (González) and once he was aboard the airplane he expressed his gratitude toward the Spanish government and Spain,