Costa Rican Foreign Minister Arnoldo Andre Tinoco has announced that the country will grant political asylum to Venezuela's opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez. 

"The government of the republic announces that we are prepared to grant political asylum, refuge in Costa Rica, both to María Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez, as well as any other politically persecuted person in Venezuela. In particular, this offer extends to those sheltered at the Embassy of the United States of America and the Embassy of Argentina in Caracas," Tinoco said in a statement.