Venezuela

NPR -  Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo González, who is widely believed to have won the July presidential election, has fled to Spain, where he has been granted political asylum. This comes after Venezuela’s authoritarian regime ordered his arrest. President Nicolás Maduro controls all branches of power in Venezuela and is backed by the military. González joins an ever-expanding group of exiled Venezuelans who have gone to Spain, including four previous presidential hopefuls, NPR’s John Otis says. Once politicians leave, it usually means that they’re gone for good. The opposition were hoping the U.S. and other countries would recognize him as Venezuela’s new president, but now that he has fled it seems out of the question.