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Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez with his wife Lilian Tintori and their son and daughter pose for a photo after a news conference in Madrid on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Prominent opposition activist Leopoldo López who has abandoned the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas and left Venezuela after years of frustrated efforts to oust the nation's socialist president is holding a news conference in Madrid. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

From Spain, top dissident vows to fight for free Venezuela

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2, 2019 file photo, Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez smiles during a press conference at the gate of the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas, Venezuela. Lopez left the residence where he had been a guest since April 30, 2019 and is leaving Venezuela people close to the opposition leader said on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Maduro foe joins family in Spain after fleeing Venezuela

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2019 file photo, Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido speaks during a news conference at the Popular Will party headquarters, backdropped by a banner featuring party founder and opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuela’s government-stacked Supreme Court ordered the takeover of Popular Will Tuesday, July 7, 2020, the latest in a series of moves against President Nicolas Maduro’s critics before upcoming legislative elections. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Venezuela high court orders takeover of Guaidó’s party

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ and CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, center, attends a meeting with troops at Fort Tiuna in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 2, 2019. Flanked by commanders, Maduro said Thursday that the military must be prepared to combat &quot;traitors&quot;, two days after opposition leader Juan Guaidó called for the military to turn against Maduro. (Jhonn Zerpa/Miraflores Press Office via AP)

The Latest: Venezuela’s López still expects Maduro’s ouster

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Venezuela's opposition leader and self proclaimed president Juan Guaido, greets the crowd during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 27, 2019. The Trump administration has added Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza to a Treasury Department sanctions target list as it increases pressure on Guaido's opponent, embattled President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

The Latest: Guaido calls for more street protests Wednesday

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Venezuela's self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido, holding megaphone, and opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, top right, stand before supporters in Altamira Plaza in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Guaidó and Lopez took to the streets with a small contingent of heavily armed troops early Tuesday in a bold and risky call for the military to rise up and oust President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Key events leading toward uprising in Venezuela

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Prominent Venezuelan critic to run for European Parliament

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In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shows his ballot after casting a vote for a constitutional assembly in Caracas, Venezuela on Sunday, July 30, 2017. Maduro asked for global acceptance on Sunday as he cast an unusual pre-dawn vote for an all-powerful constitutional assembly that his opponents fear he'll use to replace Venezuelan democracy with a single-party authoritarian system. (Miraflores Press Office via AP)

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s president, says new assembly to convene soon

By Michael Weissenstein - Associated Press

A pedestrian walks next to a message on a wall formed with Venezuelan currency that reads in Spanish: “The Constituent Assembly is a fraud”, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 31, 2017. Electoral authorities said more than 8 million people voted Sunday to create a constitutional assembly endowing President Nicolas Maduro's ruling party with virtually unlimited powers - a figure widely disputed by independent analysts. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The Latest: 2 Venezuelan judges shelter in Chilean residence

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FILE - In this Saturday, July 8, 2017, file photo, Venezuela's opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez holds a national flag as he greets supporters outside his home in Caracas, Venezuela, following his release from prison and being placed under house arrest after more than three years in military lockup. Allies of two Venezuelan opposition leaders say Lopez and Antonio Ledezma have been taken by authorities from the homes where they were under house arrest. Video posted on the Twitter account of Lopez's wife early Tuesday, Aug. 1, shows a man being taken away from a Caracas home by state security agents. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

2 Venezuelan opposition leaders jailed as crisis escalates

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

People participate in a pro-government candidates' rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 25, 2017. Across Venezuela, pro-government candidates to the Constitutional Assembly held their last campaign rallies ahead of Sunday's historical vote. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela opposition leader urges public, army, on strike

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

Antonieta Mendoza, center, the mother of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez speaks with media members upon her arrival to the home of her son in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, July 8, 2017. Lopez has been transferred to house arrest.The court says in a statement early Saturday that Lopez was granted the &quot;humanitarian measure&quot; for health reasons. The 46-year-old Lopez has been behind bars at a military prison for more than three years. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The Latest: Venezuela president supports opponent’s release

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FILE - In this Feb 18, 2014 file photo, opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, second from right, draped in a Venezuelan national flag, is flanked by Jose Rafael Perez, right, just before Lopez surrenders to national guards, in Caracas, Venezuela. Lopez's wife Lilian Tintori stood outside a military hospital in Caracas late Wednesday, May 3, 2017, after an unconfirmed report on social media said her husband was taken there with a medical emergency. (AP Photo/Juan Manuel Hernandez, File)

Jailed Venezuela activist dispels rumors of health emergency

By JORGE RUEDA and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Supporters of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez cry as they listen to Lopez's guilty verdict in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. Lopez has been found guilty of inciting violence for his role as leader of a sometimes bloody protest movement in 2014, and was sentenced to almost 14 years in prison. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Harsh sentence for protest leader a gamble for Venezuela

By HANNAH DREIER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2014 file photo, opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, dressed in white and holding up a flower stem, is taken into custody by Bolivarian National Guards, in Caracas, Venezuela. From Mexico to Brazil, leaders in Latin America have been largely silent in the face of a growing crackdown on dissent in Venezuela and are unlikely to speak out against their neighbor at the upcoming Summit of the Americas on April 10, 2015, in Panama. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra, FIle)

Leopoldo Lopez, Venezuelan opposition leader, convicted of inciting violence

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, file photo, San Cristobal's Mayor Patricia Gutierrez wears a rosary and a T-shirt with an image of her jailed husband Daniel Ceballos with a hashtag that reads in Spanish &quot;Free Ceballos&quot; at a protest in San Cristobal, Venezuela. Ceballos phoned his mother before dawn on Saturday, May 23, 2015 to say he'd been moved to a prison in San Juan de los Morros, according to his attorney. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Jailed Venezuelan leader starts hunger strike, urges protest

By JORGE RUEDA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, file photo, San Cristobal's Mayor Patricia Gutierrez wears a rosary and a T-shirt with an image of her jailed husband Daniel Ceballos with a hashtag that reads in Spanish &quot;Free Ceballos&quot; at a protest in San Cristobal, Venezuela. Ceballos phoned his mother before dawn on Saturday, May 23, 2015 to say he'd been moved to a prison in San Juan de los Morros, according to his attorney. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Jailed Venezuelan leader starts hunger strike, urges protest

By JORGE RUEDA - Associated Press

Lilian Tintori said her husband, opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, has become the symbolic face of dozens of jailed opposition activists in Venezuela, and of a movement that won't die until there is "clear justice, a clear rule of law and human rights for all people" in the nation. (Associated Press)

Joe Biden, amid coup charges, meets Venezuelan opposition figures

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Lilian Tintori, wife of imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, shows a tattoo of the word "Venezuela" on her wrist. Her incarcerated husband, seen by many as a political prisoner wrongfully jailed, has a matching one on his ankle. (associated press)

Leopoldo Lopez’s wife entreats Obama to help with his captivity

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Women embrace as they sit in front of a line of National Bolivarian Guard outside the Palace of Justice court in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Following a dramatic surrender and a night in jail, Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was due in court Wednesday to learn what charges he may face for allegedly provoking violence during protests against the socialist government in the divided nation. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez formally charged with inciting violence

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