(Reuters) – The European Parliament on Thursday awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez representing the people of Venezuela in their fight for democracy.
Venezuela held a presidential election in July, with the opposition publishing vote tallies it said show Gonzalez won a resounding victory. But the national election board declared incumbent Nicolas Maduro the winner, and Gonzalez – who is wanted by Venezuelan authorities – fled to Spain.
(Reporting by Lili Bayer, editing by Tassilo Hummel)
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