Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez has left the country en route to Spain, according to his lawyer and Venezuela’s vice president, after an arrest warrant was issued last week accusing him of terrorism,

Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez will remain a "very clear voice" pushing for change in his country despite fleeing to seek asylum in Spain, exiled opposition members Antonio Ledezma and Leopoldo Lopez told Reuters on Tuesday.

Edmundo Gonzalez, a Venezuelan opposition leader, claimed he was compelled to sign a letter acknowledging President Nicolas Maduro’s victory in the July election under threat. Currently in Spain under political asylum,