Exiled Venezuelan opposition figurehead Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia said Monday that he had been hospitalised in Spain for low blood pressure but that his condition was “stable”.<\/p>\n
The 75-year-old, who says he won presidential elections in Venezuela in July, fled to Spain in September after incumbent President Nicolas Maduro claimed a victory widely dismissed as fraudulent.<\/p>\n
“I want to inform all Venezuelans that I have been hospitalised due to a sudden episode of low blood pressure,” the ex-diplomat\u00a0posted on X.<\/p>\n
“Fortunately, my state of health is stable and I am receiving adequate medical attention in a Spanish public hospital.<\/p>\n
“I am aware that my responsibility to the country as president-elect requires my speedy recovery, and my return to my duties will take place according to medical indications.”<\/p>\n
Maduro was declared the winner of a third six-year term in the July vote but the opposition cried foul, saying it had detailed polling station numbers showing that Gonzalez Urrutia won handily.<\/p>\n
The government has resisted intense pressure at home and abroad to release vote results to prove its claim of victory.<\/p>\n
Protests erupted after the election and degenerated into clashes with police, resulting in 28 people killed, 200 injured and more than 2,400 arrested.<\/p>\n
Spain granted Gonzalez Urrutia asylum on December 20 after Venezuela announced conspiracy and racketeering charges against him.<\/p>\n
Only a handful of countries, including Venezuelan ally Russia, have recognised Maduro as the winner of the election.<\/p>\n
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