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A regional opposition party leader in Venezuela was shot dead by attackers in a car amid a public meeting in the town of Altagracia de Oritucocentral, located in the state of Guarico.
President Nicolás Maduro's stepson and wife's nephew are facing charges in New York, but if a group of Venezuelan opposition figures has their way, the embattled president himself may soon have to stand trial for "crimes against humanity."
The former Venezuelan prosecutor who helped convict Leopoldo López on what he later said were "sham" charges is calling on the Obama administration to sanction other officials involved in the trial that ended in a prison sentence of almost 14 years for the opposition leader.
A Venezuelan prosecutor who helped convict Leopoldo López is seeking asylum in the United States and is calling the opposition leader's trial a "sham" orchestrated by the administration of embattled President Nicolás Maduro.
Manuel Rosales, a 62-year old Venezuelan opposition politician who had spent six years outside of the socialist country, has been arrested upon his return.
Staging demonstrations against the nearly 14-year sentence Leopoldo López received earlier this month for inciting violence at anti-government protests last year, opposition party members marched throughout Venezuela’s main cities on Saturday.
A Venezuelan judge on Thursday sentenced Leopoldo López, arguably the country's most prominent opposition figure, to more than 13 years in prison on charges of inciting anti-government riots that led to the deaths of more than 40 individuals last year.
Daniel Ceballos, a powerful figure in the Venezuela’s opposition party who was arrested last year on charges related to his alleged support of anti-government demonstrations, has been released from custody due to health concerns.
An international human rights group on Friday criticized the president of Venezuela's parliament for questioning the legitimacy of activists who last week had testified before the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López has gained 9 pounds since he ended a 30-day hunger strike a week ago, his wife, Lilian Tintori, said on Wednesday as she appeared with former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González, who has lobbied for López's release.
Eight Brazilian senators who were trying to meet with jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez in Venezuela say that they had to flee for safety after their bus was attacked.
Felipe Gonzalez, former prime minister of Spain, has gone to Venezuela in order help the troubled leaders of the right wing opposition party win their freedom back after being arrested by the Maduro administration.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Saturday in Venezuela to demand the release of political prisoners and voice their discontent with the socialist administration of embattled President Nicolás Maduro.
Leopoldo Lopez, the jailed Venezuelan opposition leader who is known as much for his photogenic charisma as his right wing politics, has just has announced his plans to go on a hunger strike via video.
Antonio Ledezma, the incarcerated mayor of Venezuela's capital Caracas, was transferred from prison to a hospital where he will undergo emergency surgery for a groin hernia
On Monday, the U.S. Senate approved legislation to impose sanctions on the Venezuelan government, and President Barack Obama has signaled he would sign the legislation into law.
Leopoldo Lopez, the 43-year-old Venezuelan opposition leader who is accused of inciting violent anti-government protests in early 2014, is standing firm to his convictions even as he stands behind bars.
On Monday, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that directs President Barack Obama to levy sanctions against Venezuelan government officials who are found to have violated the rights of anti-government protesters.
