Ledezma: Release Political Prisoners to Get Venezuela Dialogue Started

Mitzy Capriles, the wife of Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma, who on Sunday has been under house arrest for exactly two years, publicly read a document in which she said that her husband believes the Nicolas Maduro government should release all political prisoners to reactivate dialogue with the opposition. Capriles made her statement during a special session of the Venezuelan Parliament, which has an opposition majority and which on Sunday paid tribute to Ledezma, 60, at an event held at a sports venue near the mayor’s residence, where he remains under house arrest. “If they want to revive that frustrated dialogue from last year, first let them release the political prisoners, Antonio Ledezma, Leopoldo Lopez, Daniel Ceballos,” said the mayor’s wife, reading from the statement. More…