This handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency shows Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaking during a meeting with the Productive Economy Council in Caracas on September 19, 2024. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro affirmed this Thursday that his rival in the presidential elections, Edmundo González Urrutia, asked him for "clemency" to be able to leave Venezuela and request asylum in Spain, while dismissing the accusations of "coercion" made by the opposition. (Photo by Francisco Batista / Venezuelan Presidency / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / VENEZUELAN PRESIDENCY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by FRANCISCO BATISTA/Venezuelan Presidency/AFP via Getty Images)