Posted on 07/09/2017 5:33:17 AM PDT by Nextrush
Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has been moved to house arrest after more than three years in jail.
He left a prison near Caracas at dawn and was reunited with his family.....
Hours after being freed, Lopez urged supporters to continue protesting against President Nicolas Maduro....
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
But there is another interesting angle. President Donald J. Trump met with the wife of Leopoldo Lopez at the White House back in February calling for his release from prison in a tweet following the meeting.
Lopez is said to have health issues which is the official explanation from the regime regarding his release to home imprisonment but it may be a sign of the heat the regime is feeling with the opposition planning its own referendum next Sunday July 16th.
The referendum is planned ahead of the Communist style election the regime has set up for July 30th.
Here is the story of Trump’s call for the release of Leopoldo Lopez.
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