Spain denies 'complicity' in Venezuela's Gonzalez signing letter accepting Maduro victory


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  • Thursday, 19 Sep 2024

Senator Jose Antonio Monago of People's Party (PP) speaks during a session at the Spanish Senate in Madrid, Spain, September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has denied involvement in negotiations between Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez and President Nicolas Maduro's government for his flight to Spain, before which he signed a letter saying he accepted Maduro's victory in the country's July election.

The letter included an undertaking to limit political activity once in Spain and was signed at the residence of the Spanish ambassador to Caracas, where Gonzalez had taken refuge before his departure.

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