(Reuters) -Venezuela opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, who says he resoundingly won a July presidential election but has been living in Spain after a warrant was issued for his arrest, said on Thursday he will travel to Argentina this weekend.

Venezuela’s government has doubled down on its intention to arrest the opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s election

Venezuela opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, who says he resoundingly won a July presidential election but has been living in Spain after a warrant was issued for his arrest, said on Thursday he will travel to Argentina this weekend.

A crowd of a few hundred Venezuelan migrants broke into shouts of “Edmundo, Presidente” as Edmundo González emerged from a meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires.

The former Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González, who claims to have won the election against Nicolás Maduro and is recognized by some countries as the legitimate president-elect of Venezuela,