After Edmundo Gonzalez flees, what’s next for Venezuela and its opposition?

Opposition leaders, including Machado, promise to continue ‘their fight’ against President Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez has fled to Spain, seeking political asylum amid turmoil in his country after a disputed presidential election.

The opposition presidential candidate arrived at the Torrejon de Ardoz military base in the Spanish capital, Madrid, with his wife on Sunday, according to a statement by Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Gonzalez, who has accused President Nicolas Maduro of election fraud, fled the country after an arrest warrant was issued last week as part of an intensified government crackdown on the opposition.

Here is what is going on in Venezuela and what’s next:

The National Electoral Council said Maduro won re-election with 51 percent of the vote – his third win since he first took over as president in 2013 after the death of his mentor and charismatic President Hugo Chavez. The United Socialist Party has been in power for the past 25 years.