Venezuelan opposition figure Leopoldo López flees to Colombia

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López had taken refuge in the Spanish Embassy in Caracas after a failed attempt to topple President Nicolás Maduro in 2019.

"All our time and energy will be to be useful to the people in the pursuit of freedom," López tweeted Saturday."Venezuelans, this decision has not been easy, but rest assured that you have this server to fight from any space."We will not rest, and we will continue working day and night to achieve the freedom that all Venezuelans deserve.

María Corina Machado, an influential opposition figure, also confirmed that the 49-year-old López was out of the country.Two people with direct knowledge of López's whereabouts, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive opposition matter, said he was in Colombia. López’s escape, first reported by Spanish newspaper El Mundo, comes six weeks before Maduro-backed legislative elections denounced by Venezuela’s opposition.The elections, scheduled for Dec. 6, will expand the size of the National Assembly and could threaten Guaidó’s position as the chamber’s president — a role that he has used to boost his political legitimacy.

Evans said López also has a chance to “recover his leadership” and possibly take a higher-profile role in the opposition to Maduro.

 

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i think he should have stayed with the oposition.

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