Leopoldo Lopez
Leopoldo Lopez
Leopoldo Eduardo López Mendozais a Venezuelan politician, and according to various governments and human rights groups, a political prisoner. In 2000, López ventured into politics when he co-founded the political party Primero Justicia alongside Henrique Capriles Radonski and Julio Borges, and ran successfully for the mayorship of the Chacao Municipality of Caracas in the regional elections held in July 2000...
NationalityVenezuelan
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 April 1971
CountryVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Leopoldo Lopez quotes about
Our arguments - and those of hundreds more Venezuelans suffering the same injustice - are clear and forceful: political disqualification violates laws in Venezuela and throughout the continent.
The fundamental problem is that there's no credibility in the judicial system, which is a system that's been completely politicized. This is retaliation and selective repression.
We must not allow the practices of an anti-democratic State that abuses the powers of government to violate the human rights of Venezuelans.