Venezuela opposition leader Edmundo González vows to ‘continue the fight’ from Spain

Opponent of Nicolas Maduro - widely seen as legitimate election winner - seeks asylum in Spain after being accused of a series of crimes

The Venezuelan opposition leader and former presidential candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez, has gone into exile in Spain, dealing a bitter blow to opponents of the country's authoritarian president, Nicolas Maduro.

The Spanish government said on Sunday that a Spanish air force plane carrying Gonzalez and his wife had landed at the Torrejon de Ardoz military base outside Madrid