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Venezuela: Opposition Leader Says "Forced" to Admit Election Defeat

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The Facts

  • Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Wednesday claimed "coercion, blackmail and pressure” to sign a letter admitting defeat in the disputed July election.

  • Gonzales, now in exile in Spain, said Pres. Nicolas Maduro's allies asked him to sign the letter if he wanted to leave Venezuela "or I would face consequences."

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