Leopoldo Lopez

US blasts Maduro move to sideline opposition

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The US accused Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Monday of a dictatorial bid to wipe his opponents off the political map following his latest poll victory, after he announced the main opposition is barred from next year's presidential election. Maduro's ruling socialists triumphed as expected in mayoral polls Sunday, taking 300 of the country's 335 mayorships after a boycott byRead more

Main opposition parties barred from next presidential vote: Venezuela's Maduro

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Venezuela's leading opposition parties cannot take part in next year's presidential election because they did not take part in Sunday's local voting, President Nicolas Maduro said, in a move set to further consolidate his grip on power. That includes the groups of Henrique Capriles, Leopoldo Lopez and others, Maduro said after voting. "That's what the National Constituent Assembly set out,"Read more

Venezuela probes wife of opposition activist

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Venezuelan authorities have opened an investigation into the wife of a prominent opposition activist under house arrest after finding a large amount of cash in her car. On Thursday, authorities discovered some 200 million bolivars in a vehicle belonging to Lilian Tintori, the wife of Leopoldo Lopez. That’s around $60,000 (Dh220,469) at the nation’s weakest official exchange rate or $10,000Read more

Venezuelan opposition leader Lopez returned to house arrest: wife

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Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was returned to house arrest Saturday after being detained in military prison for four days, his wife Lilian Tintori said. "They just moved Leopoldo home," Tintori wrote on Twitter. "We continue with more conviction and strength for peace and freedom in Venezuela!" source: AFPRead more

Detained Venezuelan opposition leader transferred to house arrest: wife

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Venezuelan opposition leader Antonio Ledezma was returned to house arrest Friday after spending three days in prison, his wife said. "I am letting the country know that a short while ago the intelligence service Sebin unexpectedly brought Antonio home," Mitzy Capriles wrote on Twitter. Ledezma, who is mayor of Caracas, had been arrested Tuesday along with another opposition leader, LeopoldoRead more

Who are Venezuela's jailed opposition leaders?

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Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma, arrested Tuesday two days after the election of Venezuela's powerful new Constituent Assembly sought by socialist President Nicolas Maduro, are two of the crisis-wracked country's most emblematic opposition leaders. Both were sent back to prison from house arrest for allegedly seeking to escape and not complying with conditions forbidding political activity, according to the SupremeRead more

Venezuelan police arrest two opposition leaders: relatives

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The Venezuelan intelligence service arrested two opposition leaders overnight Monday, relatives said, a day after a vote to choose a much-condemned assembly that supersedes parliament. Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma were both already under house arrest when they were picked up by the intelligence service known by its in acronym Sebin, the wife of Lopez and children of Ledezma saidRead more

High noon in Venezuela with strike then vote

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Venezuela hurtled toward a high-stakes political confrontation with the opposition calling a general strike Wednesday in a bid to stop embattled President Nicolas Maduro from going ahead with a controversial plan to rewrite the country's constitution. Even before the two-day strike began, a prominent opposition leader, Leopoldo Lopez, made a direct appeal to the military early Wednesday to withdraw itsRead more

Opposition leader appeals to military in Venezuela

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A prominent Venezuelan opposition leader, in a video made while under house arrest, called Wednesday on the military to withdraw its support for a government plan to rewrite the constitution. Leopoldo Lopez, placed under house arrest earlier this month after nearly three and a half years in a military prison, made the appeal hours before the start of a 48-hourRead more

With opposition leader out of prison, Venezuela marks 100 days of protest

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Venezuela hit its 100th day of anti-government protests Sunday, one day after its most prominent political prisoner, Leopoldo Lopez, vowed to continue his fight for freedom after being released from jail and placed under house arrest. Lopez's surprise prison release triggered speculation over the prospect of negotiations between the opposition and Venezuela's embattled leftist government of Nicolas Maduro, with aRead more