The Facts

• Venezuela's opposition candidate Edmundo González arrived in Spain on Sunday to be granted political asylum as he fled his own country with an arrest order against him on charges related to the disputed July 28 presidential election.Venezuela's opposition candidate Edmundo González arrived in Spain on Sunday to be granted political asylum after fleeing his own country with an arrest warrant for him for electoral sabotage and other charges related to the disputed presidential election.

• 2Despite official claims that González himself requested political asylum from Spain and was then granted the due safe conducts, sources alleged to El País that his exile is the result of talks that included some of Nicolás Maduro closest allies.

• 3González secretly took refuge in the Dutch embassy in Caracas the day after the July 28 vote — and reportedly stayed there until Sept. 5, when he moved to the Spanish embassy — amid fears of arrest and potential danger to his life.